To not want a round of applause at work?

[Liesmorelies]

I am in a leadership role and have to present information and initiatives to other staff, largely those on lower grades than me and who will be the ones implementing any changes I introduce, so obviously it can be contentious. I'm not the only person having to do this - a number of us are in similar roles and will present to the rest of the workforce fairly regularly.

The problem is my boss keeps commenting on whether/how much people clap after our presentations. Recently he has made it clear he doesn't think I am getting the applause that others are and he clearly sees it as a negative. He is pointing it out to me and I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to say - 'Yes, I must be a bit shit?' I would prefer if he doesn't like my work he would just tell me what I'm doing wrong.

I have always thought the clapping was weird anyway - I'm telling people what they need to do, not trying to entertain them. Does anyone else have this at work and am I UR to think boss is undermining me by constantly pointing out I'm not getting the applause?

Your boss is clearly an idiot.

Just respond with "results speaker far louder than any round of applause"

JFC. Do you work in tech or something? He sounds Billy Bonkers.

Given the nature of the presentation clapping would be bizarre!

When we were in Covid, plenty of people did ‘clap for carers’ no one thought it was Billy bonkers then, and now we’re finally recognising some of the tech hero’s, and people want to rain on it. I think embrace the clap, it’s a nice thing others are showing they care. Is it regularly like once a week/month/fortnight? Or more just when you make an announcement? Your boss sounds a like hard work. Do they tend to join in? Cause if they did might drum up some more enthusiasm? Potentially.