If you want good workplace relationships, you have to put the effort into cultivating them. Being the type who always wants to get ahead, no matter what the cost, is unlikely to help with this. While it is commendable to have ambition and drive, many people won’t take kindly to this being at the expense …
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Boss schedules ‘mandatory fun meeting’ at 4:55 PM on a Friday to review the ‘wins’ of the week: ‘This is the micromanager’s way of making sure nobody ducks out early on a Friday.’
They know what they’re doing, and it’s only going to make their employee’s resent them. You would think that everyone hates pointless meetings. If you’re going to interrupt an employee’s workflow, do so only for something that benefits them, you, and the whole company. Meetings should be for discussions that can’t be had over email …
Seguir leyendo Boss schedules ‘mandatory fun meeting’ at 4:55 PM on a Friday to review the ‘wins’ of the week: ‘This is the micromanager’s way of making sure nobody ducks out early on a Friday.’
Dad yells at mom for letting their toddler shout and play loudly while he was in a meeting in his home office: ‘I hope whoever was on that call heard you being horrible to your wife.’
How is he supposed to work while hearing so much screaming? Remember five short years ago when everyone was working from home and laughing about the little idiosyncrasies of that reality? People were much more forgiving of a dog barking in the background during a meeting than they would’ve been in 2018. But now we’re …
Seguir leyendo Dad yells at mom for letting their toddler shout and play loudly while he was in a meeting in his home office: ‘I hope whoever was on that call heard you being horrible to your wife.’
Manager insists on scheduling meeting during lunch, employee retaliates by bringing messy food: ‘By noon I’m genuinely hungry’
Messing with employee breaktimes is the management equivalent of playing with fire. There are times when it is necessary and even helpful to shake up routine when it comes to the times of day that people get to unwind and eat. However, it is rarely that much of a big deal that there can’t be …
Seguir leyendo Manager insists on scheduling meeting during lunch, employee retaliates by bringing messy food: ‘By noon I’m genuinely hungry’
Manager excludes new hire from Friday pizza meeting until she has worked for 90 days, gets annoyed when she tells department head: ‘Now there’s no more pizza meetings’
It’s never easy being the new person in the office. There are twice as many things to remember as when you are established in a role, or at least, that is what it feels like. Along with trying to remember the training and not make any mistakes, you have to remember names, not get lost …
Seguir leyendo Manager excludes new hire from Friday pizza meeting until she has worked for 90 days, gets annoyed when she tells department head: ‘Now there’s no more pizza meetings’
Boss schedules a meeting at 6:30 AM on employee’s first day of work after 2 weeks off, reschedules meeting for next week at 6:29 AM: ‘They’re 3 hours ahead of me, so it’s a comfortable 9:30 AM their time.’
They should at least have the decency to cancel the meeting more than a minute before it was scheduled. It’s not always easy to schedule meetings when half of your team is halfway across the world. If you have a meeting with participants on three different continents, one of the participants might have to …
Seguir leyendo Boss schedules a meeting at 6:30 AM on employee’s first day of work after 2 weeks off, reschedules meeting for next week at 6:29 AM: ‘They’re 3 hours ahead of me, so it’s a comfortable 9:30 AM their time.’
Employee snaps when boss breaks organizer before client meeting, tells him to shut up: ‘I couldn’t hold back’
Work stress can bring the worst out of any employee, no matter how professional they usually are. When an important meeting or deadline needs to go to plan, it can be difficult to hold it together in the workplace when you are trying to prioritize this. Teamwork is not considered an essential skill in most …
Seguir leyendo Employee snaps when boss breaks organizer before client meeting, tells him to shut up: ‘I couldn’t hold back’
HR tries to discipline employee for missing a meeting they weren’t invited to, double down when their mistake is revealed: ‘What do they want me to do? Telepathically sense meetings?’
Everyone makes mistakes, but what matters is how you respond when you realize you’re wrong. Nobody can avoid making errors over the course of their life or their career. It’s simply inhuman and impossible. So don’t sweat the small stuff. What you can sweat, though, is how you react. You can either admit your wrongdoing, …
Seguir leyendo HR tries to discipline employee for missing a meeting they weren’t invited to, double down when their mistake is revealed: ‘What do they want me to do? Telepathically sense meetings?’
Manager demands key employee keep quiet during project meeting, gets caught out by vice president’s questions: ‘She didn’t want anyone else getting any recognition’
A manager who cares more about their status than their employees is often not that good at their job. It is only natural for anyone to want to present themselves as best as they can in their workplace, and some roles are a lot more competitive than others. Nonetheless, a key part of being the …
Seguir leyendo Manager demands key employee keep quiet during project meeting, gets caught out by vice president’s questions: ‘She didn’t want anyone else getting any recognition’
Boss insists project engineer takes notes at every meeting, gets offended when she refuses after he claims it’s ‘women’s work’: ‘My wife takes notes at her job all the time’
Nobody enjoys being stereotyped, and especially not in the workplace. Unfortunately, there are plenty of people in the working world and beyond who happily ignore this basic wisdom, creating problems for themselves further down the line. Discriminating against a coworker or employee because of something like gender is, in many cases, technically illegal, but that …
Seguir leyendo Boss insists project engineer takes notes at every meeting, gets offended when she refuses after he claims it’s ‘women’s work’: ‘My wife takes notes at her job all the time’