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just entering the workforce?
If a young person came to me and asked what's the worst mistake(s) to make at a job, I would tell him/her:
1) Getting into a battle with your boss. Don't complain about your boss, to anyone, ever (excluding discrimination, sexual harassment/inappropriate conduct, or you're being asked to do something illegal). But if you don't like or trust your boss, or if s/he is doing things that annoy you, or even if your boss is an incompetent idiot, suck it up. If you're really being treated unfairly and stabbed in the back, keep your head down, do your job, and quietly look for another job. Don't get into a war of wills with your boss - you will lose.
And God help you if you go over your boss's head to complain.
2) Share too much about your personal life with co-workers. Family problems, relationship problems, mistakes you've made in life......the workplace is not the time for true confessions. Oversharing can come back to bite you - bigtime. I've lost count of the times I've heard people say "I only tell my personal problems to my friends/co-workers I trust"...HA! Don't kid yourself.
3) Losing control of your emotions - this includes yelling, cursing, stomping, throwing/slinging things, crying, slamming doors and filing cabinets, giving people the silent treatment, rolling your eyes while someone is talking or as they walk away. If you feel you're about to explode, take a break. If you need to work out emotional issues, see a therapist.
4) Remember that HR works for the company, not for you. :whome:
Thoughts?
If a young person came to me and asked what's the worst mistake(s) to make at a job, I would tell him/her:
1) Getting into a battle with your boss. Don't complain about your boss, to anyone, ever (excluding discrimination, sexual harassment/inappropriate conduct, or you're being asked to do something illegal). But if you don't like or trust your boss, or if s/he is doing things that annoy you, or even if your boss is an incompetent idiot, suck it up. If you're really being treated unfairly and stabbed in the back, keep your head down, do your job, and quietly look for another job. Don't get into a war of wills with your boss - you will lose.
2) Share too much about your personal life with co-workers. Family problems, relationship problems, mistakes you've made in life......the workplace is not the time for true confessions. Oversharing can come back to bite you - bigtime. I've lost count of the times I've heard people say "I only tell my personal problems to my friends/co-workers I trust"...HA! Don't kid yourself.
3) Losing control of your emotions - this includes yelling, cursing, stomping, throwing/slinging things, crying, slamming doors and filing cabinets, giving people the silent treatment, rolling your eyes while someone is talking or as they walk away. If you feel you're about to explode, take a break. If you need to work out emotional issues, see a therapist.
4) Remember that HR works for the company, not for you. :whome:
Thoughts?