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All I want is a thank you... |
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forget the long hours/productivity crap |
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04/05/2002 |
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I just started a new job. But with the way the economy is, I'm walking on eggshells, thinking that if I mess up, I'm out the door with nary a bat of the eye.
I'm basically an assistant to a hyper-powered entertainment executive who rarely says a kind word, barely a thank you. I can't gage the quality of my work because all I get are criticisms. There's virtually no training program here so I'm forced to learn everything the hard way, as everybody is too busy to lend a hand. Inevitably, I mess up, and I'm super hard on myself whenever this happens.
I have a steely work ethic. I'm serious. Educated. Easy to get along with. I've put in 36 hours in three days, taking only smoke breaks and no lunches. I'm the first one in the office, and the last to leave.
I just feel like without the positive reinforcement I'm going to be constantly paranoid about losing my new job. I've asked my boss if there are areas I could improve in, and he was noncommital in the conversation and vague. So I'm definitely making an effort.
I love the people I work with and am excited about the industry I'm in. I'm just trying to figure out if there's anything I can do about the situation or if I should brush all this off as simply having to pay my dues. Help!
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I was reading advice for college grads on how to act at work. You know that whole "career growth" dream ...I dont have 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 its 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 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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