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Complaints at work? How to deal with

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Lochnessgiraffe · 06/11/2025 20:24

N/C i work in private adult education
I've had a complaint about a course i teach..
Now I don't actually like the course but ....

I get feedback on every course. This particular course itself is not great. But feedback is okish not great not bad.
I understand why but I have no control over the content.

Last week I tried my best, they didn't want to talk and didn't like the content.
All fair enough but 1 person actually emailed my company after the course to complain.
Things including I talked/ waffled
I made a joke about how it used to be easy to network at work if you smoked years ago.
I didn't know the specific politics at their company.
Etc
All a bit whatever but why specifically email.
My boss showed me the email and suggested as I don't like it maybe I just do other courses.
I'm a bit ok
I repeat this to my dh and it turns out she knows him from years ago. He called her out on being useless and incompetent ( very unprofessionally in front of others, she was demoted)
Now I have a vv unusual surname so she connected the dots.
Am I mad to think this is why she complained? Maybe I'm clutching at straws??

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saveforthat · 06/11/2025 20:28

I really don't think you should have discussed with your DH. The situation maybe but clearly you named her.

Lochnessgiraffe · 06/11/2025 20:33

Why? I thought i was going to have a meaningless conversation saying X said this about me. I had no idea her knew her?

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JudgeBread · 06/11/2025 20:38

I think you're massively reaching to be honest. You admit you don't like teaching this course, the content is rubbish and this class wasn't very engaged, so I wouldn't have been surprised to receive a complaint at all. I very much doubt she's some woman with a vendetta against your husband.

Lochnessgiraffe · 06/11/2025 20:41

I hope so. It's just odd. Or maybe it's just me but if I was on a compulsory course ( no exams or anything) and I didn't like it I'd feed that back in my feedback form. Not specifically email the training provider to complain?

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theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 06/11/2025 20:43

It sounds like you know longer have to teach the course so that's a win? I'd take the positive and forget the rest

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