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[redfella]

Just saying, if these corporate money-grubbing megalomanics want to play hardball, it can go both ways... In fact, it might earn you a little respect.

 

[redfella]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
I'm going to disagree. Read "The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People" by Stephen R. Covey and you will understand how I view my relationships with my bosses and coworkers. Basically, I believe that it is my job to enhance and strengthen the work that others do, which in turn makes me a better employee. The buzzword for this is "synergy". If you are constantly being a drain on your coworkers and supervisors, I can guarantee that you are not appreciated, and you are probably not well liked.

I'm not talking about my own work habits, I get along with my boss and coworkers extremely well actually. But that's mostly due to the fact that I work in a small office where everyone treats each other with respect. Ive been in the corperate slave trade and I find the whole atmosphere to be completely exploitative going from the top down.

 

[evetstech]

Say STFU and GTFO 😀

 

[Drakkon]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: redfella
Some employees like to ask questions instead of wasting time trying to figure it out themselves. Can save tons of time. I'm one of those people... half of the things I ask I could figure out myself, but it would end up greatly extending my time on projects and I don't want to do that. Its just easier to go ask a question and BAM move on to the next thing.

It's not necessarily more efficient, as you are now taking up someone else's time. I'm not sure about your boss or Drakkon, but despite my posting here I actually am fairly busy at work, so having to stop what I'm doing to solve a problem that one of my team members could solve on his own slows me down.

Also, I have found that when I give someone the answer, they are far more likely to ask me AGAIN when the same problem crops up.

this is EXACTLY the problem running into. I'm busy looking at one thing and taking my time out to look at his things begins to sidetrack me. Slows down productivity and just gets annoying after a while. I gave him the answers most of the time at first but now its like he comes to me first thing, instead of taking some time to process on his own.

I'm not management, I'm in the Grey area between management and team lead

thanks for all the responses. I know i misspelled 'most' and its ironic to be asking questions here, but its always fun to read the responses 🙂

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: redfella
Just saying, if these corporate money-grubbing megalomanics want to play hardball, it can go both ways... In fact, it might earn you a little respect.

Unless you are a VP of your organization, I cannot imagine that your direct supervisor is a "corporate money-grubbing megalomaniac." And even then...it pretty much takes a money-grubbing megalomaniac to run a business successfully!

In any case, coddling a poor performer usually doesn't garner much respect from the top performers.

 

[RMSistight]

Originally posted by: arcenite
rack a shotgun and yell "LEAVE ME THE F!CK ALONE!"

Yes. Americans don't deal with a lot of bullshit.

 

[xcript]

Wear an STFU t-shirt and point to it when he enters your office.