dem gestellt hat

14:40 Aug 3, 2019 

Been there, done that.

13:22 Aug 3, 2019 

if somebody posted their solution along with the rest of the sentence translated. I don't think this can be resolved by looking at the isolated word meaning alone.

09:16 Aug 3, 2019 

I read this this morning and am still not satisfied with the suggestions. The issue is not dealt with at all. It is faced/ confronted/looked at/taken into account. But since this is done in 'direkten Dialog', the text implies that 'where the shoe pinches' is discussed openly with those involved.

01:58 Aug 3, 2019 

wriggle and jiggle but "addressed" is ok

23:26 Aug 2, 2019 

doesn't necessarily imply "deal with"

23:25 Aug 2, 2019 

We have to be careful here as the idea in the original is to take note of and do something about the issue/matter so I'll stick with my guns and say that "addressed" is the best way to go in this context

19:20 Aug 2, 2019 

Edited. Sorry for line and who. Was trying to cram too much into one paragraph, I guess.

19:17 Aug 2, 2019 

Ok, I guess we agree on two counts (wo es wirklich weh tut + face up to something); I'll try to explain a bit better why I don't agree about Sorge.

Asker said: "This is a quote from a staff member about how easy it is to ask the Vorstand a direct question through an online portal."

And that's what she did: "Dem Vorstand meine Sorge so direkt mitteilen zu können, tat gut..."

However, you are ignoring the second bit of this sentence: "...zumindest schwarz-auf-weiß weiß er nun davon." Her concern was, say, noted--nothing more (yet).

In the next sentence, she says: "Außerdem wurde über die Voting-Funktion deutlich, wo es wirklich weh tut."

Außerdem=in addition (or the like). This part starts a new train of thought. You can't "reuse" the word Sorge from before.

She goes on to say: "Und, dass sich der Vorstand im direkten Dialog dem gestellt hat, finde ich gut."

This sentence refers to the previous one, to those concerns which have been upvoted as being the most pressing and that's where the board of directors comes in (also @Mack): It specifically says "Dialog," which means it can't be her Anliegen, since it hasn't even been processed yet!

Best wishes

19:14 Aug 2, 2019 

As I interpret it, "Frau X" has a problem (issue). She can communicate her problem to the "Vorstand" via a company online platform. All the issues that employees post, that they are concerned about, can be voted on. And in doing so, very probably, a ranking of important to non-important issues is created. Anyway, the "Vorstand" uses this means of communication to face the problem/issue an to enter into communication with the employees. Having faced the issued does not in any means mean that they have dealt with the issues because then they have either been solved/remedied or remain open.

19:07 Aug 2, 2019 

I take your point that "dem" cannot refer directly to "meine Sorge". It surely refers to "wo es wirklich weh tut", which I am convinced is the "Anliegen"/"Sorge" which these few sentences are all about.
The author concludes by saying that she is pleased that the Vorstand faced the issue/concern in direct dialogue. You are right about "sich etwas stellen" meaning to face up to something and not necessarily already deal with it.
I don't know why you have an issue with the word "issue", although I would agree that "concern" (Anliegen) might be better.

18:48 Aug 2, 2019 

What you're saying is grammatically impossible and logically unsound, though I agree it's not the voting function.

First, it's die Sorge, not der oder das. Second: "...to which the author refers again..." is not right. As asker explained: "other staff can vote on how important the concerns are." Her concern was not (yet) important enough, since she said: "zumindest schwarz-auf-weiß weiß er nun davon." This means they have not(!) had a "direkter Dialog," as she says later on in reference to "wo es wirklich weh tut."

Dem is most likely short for "dem Ganzen (Prozedere)." If you need some antecedent in this text, it could only be "es." Also, issue simply isn't the right word here. Plus, as said, sich etwas stellen is rather willing to face something (head-on), not deal with it already (may be a nuance, but still).

For example:
"einer Herausforderung o. Ä. nicht ausweichen; bereit sein, etwas auszutragen"
https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/stellen

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18:25 Aug 2, 2019 

The author does not have a problem with the voting function, so there's no need for the Vorstand to deal with that as an issue. The issue that they have dealt with or addressed is the unspecified "Sorge" (concern), to which the author refers again: "wo es wirklich weh tut".

09:38 Aug 2, 2019 

...reread the sentence, carefully.

Dem refers to "wo es wirklich tut," though Michael is right that you only get there by inserting a word such as Verfahren. And sich etwas stellen doesn't mean dealing with something.

You could just make it similarly vague by saying they were "willing to listen," a popular phrase.

"This means being willing to listen to employee complaints, problems and ideas whenever they come up, as well as setting aside a specific time each week or month to hear how everyone is doing."
https://www.universalclass.com/articles/business/top-5-metho...

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