Agreed. If it's verbal, don't even wait 5 seconds to react. HOWEVER, try not to escalate OR minimize. Just give them the same tone, energy, attitude they gave you. That way they know it's just a correction not a fight.

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IMHO the best time and place to be intentional about establishing healthy relationship dynamics is the first week of a new job. A lesson I wish I'd learned 20 years earlier.