Jennifer Lopez
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*takes notes*
//could come in handy with the wife sometime
Oh you will be so in the dog box
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Question of the Day: How do you normally pay for purchases in stores?
How can I make my colleagues stop exploiting me?
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Oh you will be so in the dog box
Bobbin
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I find my issue is that I am a person of one extreme or the other. I can't faff in the middle of something trying to decide yes or no right or wrong as that makes me indecisive and err on the side of saying yes or doing what feels right but ultimately screws me over. So I deal with it by letting the situation deal with itself i.e if one person demands assistance I make him/her fight with the other person or issue I am currently dealing with, not me.
If you have a company procedure or policy to stick in their faces every time they try sway you then that is a bonus. Make one if not and get it signed by a manager.
This way it ain't my problem and never is. I make this point clear and honestly if you start being more assertive in your stance then who are they going to complain to? Are they going to whine like babies? Provided you are justified of course.
If you have a company procedure or policy to stick in their faces every time they try sway you then that is a bonus. Make one if not and get it signed by a manager.
This way it ain't my problem and never is. I make this point clear and honestly if you start being more assertive in your stance then who are they going to complain to? Are they going to whine like babies? Provided you are justified of course.
JerryMungo
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Worked for me at home wrt ironing and shopping
HA HA HA HA HA
Obviously Bwana earns enough to be useful otherwise the missus would have fired him looooong ago
But then bwana is as bwana does... he is bwana after all!
I think it depends on where you think you want to be next year.. do you see yourself remaining at the company or is it a stepping stone to something greater?
If you plan on being there longer term then you need to establish ground rules with regards to your duties but this depends on the structure above you. If you are not in a corporate environment you will not easily get this right and even if you are, there is a fine line between justified overload and plain old squabbling between team mates which could easily be a bad reflection on you. If you in a more corporate environment then most of the projects are handed out.. make sure everything is passed through your manager and ALWAYS keep busy with work. You set the precedent when accepting work from someone other than your manager and its hard to correct especially when you have a manager who is uninterested.
What I typically do is do a LOT to gain as much experience in as short a time as possible. I use to procrastinate a lot at university so now i have no time to waste. The thing you should remember is this .. everyone has some career goal or objective. When people do shoddy jobs, handover responsibility to others they basically asking to be removed from work and they giving you exactly whats needed to do it. Remember at the end of the day make sure you take responsibility for work done(good or bad) and you will see it will pay off.. worse case you have more experience than anyone else.
ps. i'm a workaholic so kinda biased to working hard unless there is no structure.. in that case there is no point
If you plan on being there longer term then you need to establish ground rules with regards to your duties but this depends on the structure above you. If you are not in a corporate environment you will not easily get this right and even if you are, there is a fine line between justified overload and plain old squabbling between team mates which could easily be a bad reflection on you. If you in a more corporate environment then most of the projects are handed out.. make sure everything is passed through your manager and ALWAYS keep busy with work. You set the precedent when accepting work from someone other than your manager and its hard to correct especially when you have a manager who is uninterested.
What I typically do is do a LOT to gain as much experience in as short a time as possible. I use to procrastinate a lot at university so now i have no time to waste. The thing you should remember is this .. everyone has some career goal or objective. When people do shoddy jobs, handover responsibility to others they basically asking to be removed from work and they giving you exactly whats needed to do it. Remember at the end of the day make sure you take responsibility for work done(good or bad) and you will see it will pay off.. worse case you have more experience than anyone else.
ps. i'm a workaholic so kinda biased to working hard unless there is no structure.. in that case there is no point
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You need to speak up and make yourself heard. Communication skills are way more valuable than anything else. Don't be a ass licker but tell it like it is in terms of what needs to be done, implications of not doing it your way and budget. Don't be an ass about it and attack the person but fault your oppositions logic. If there is one thing in life I cannot stand it's BS, I have no tolerance for it. I dunno how many times I have been told by superiors that I don't suffer fools and should tone it down a bit but at the end of the day they still respect your opion and you are the guy they come to when the pawpaw hits the fan. Don't compromise is what I'm trying to say. When you fsckup own up to it and find a solution.
MickeyD
RIP
Yep, sounds like me. Call a spade a spade. I've been told that I'm brutally honest - I see it as a compliment. Don't tell people what they want to hear, tell them what they need to know. If the truth hurts, fsck 'em.
EDIT: and learn to market yourself without being overbearing.
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Venomous
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That has worked for me