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Advice for the Workplace |
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It's all bullshit and crap - to increase your productivity |
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04/05/2002 |
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I was reading advice for college grads on how to act at work on this site. You know that whole "career growth" dream ...I dont believe in it anymore. I dont want to work for a boss. I know I will have to...for the short term, but you know what? An employer...never really gives a damn about his employees, just about the profit. There's no profit, no revenues....an employer will not give a crap about how hard you worked.
So here's advice that Vault gave and my commentary:
1. Treat every written document you create like a resume.
---resume - you exxagurate as much as you can in order to increase the salary. Immoral you ask? Everyone's doing it, if you dont, you'll be behind in the game.
2. Treat every meeting like a job interview.
---pretend like you care....it's always about pretending
3. Work so well that you are always obviously underpaid.
--pretend you are working, have a huge pile of stuff on your desk
4. Get to work ahead of time.
---sure, but take 2 hour lunches and leave early...
5. Leave a little bit late.
---yea? fuck that. Fuck those 16 hour work days. It's not worth it. Life, health, friends and family are more important. Noone's gonna give you your young years back.
6. Don't use car pools as an excuse.
---excuses are just that, excuses. The whole life is based on excuses. A company is based on excuses. We make excuses to our customers to buy our products and services. We fool them into believing that they need our shit. So, do same to your employer. Use the excuses to your benefit!
7. Treat your boss like a customer and your customer like a boss.
---Basically pretend you like them...but as we all know....noone truly likes the boss...that's life. Suck it up.
8. Know how what you do adds value.
---pretend pretend pretend
9. Volunteer for the dirty work.
--fuck it, its not worth it. Go get a life after work. Let some other loser do the dirty work, while you're having fun. So what you wont become a CEO, who cares...you'll look young longer while the loser will look like 100 when he's 40.
10. Invest in yourself using your boss's money, e.g., train yourself and sign-up for offered training.
---yeah, that's cool...i agree, just make sure you take the classes that you really want to take, and not some "impressive" shit. You only live once.
11. Remember that you are not working for your boss, you are working for yourself.
----NOOOOO. You are working for your boss. This is bullshit that they instill in you. You're getting your miserable yearly or hourly salary, while your company/boss is making millions.
12. Come to work physically and mentally prepared to do your best.
--come to work physically and mentally prepared to fool the shit out of boss, and make him believe you like him and are doing your best
13. Make friends and avoid making enemies. They tend to show up in important positions.
---agree.
14. Treat your job like a game.
--treat your job like a job. That's all it is. And, dont confuse it with your life.
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