The following is from a contemporary short story. The new manager held weekly "open conversations" in which she invited employees to raise any concern. Attendance was officially voluntary, though the sign-in sheet was reviewed in performance evaluations and one employee who had skipped two consecutive meetings was reassigned. Concerns raised during the meetings, employees discovered, tended to receive responses that reframed the concern as an opportunity for the employee's own development.
Which inference is most strongly supported by the passage?
- A
The meetings function fully as the open exchange that their name suggests
- B
Employees never raise concerns at the meetings
- Ccheck_circle
The stated framing of the meetings differs from how they operate in practice
- D
Employees skip meetings without consequence
Explanation
Mandatory-in-effect attendance and deflective responses contrast with "open conversations," supporting B. A, C, D contradict the description.