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re: Random career advice, tell me yours
Posted on 8/10/22 at 6:00 pm to momentoftruth87
Posted on 8/10/22 at 6:00 pm to momentoftruth87
Don't take a job to follow someone you aren't married to
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Posted on 8/10/22 at 6:02 pm to momentoftruth87
Be one of the first to arrive and one of the last to leave.
During your workday, stay busy. Don’t take breaks like other lazy slackasses do.
Treat everyone with respect - even the assholes. If anyone criticizes you, don’t let them think it affects you. Thank them for telling you.
Have a sense of humor.
Never lose your shite with a coworker. Explain yourself calmly instead.
Start learning everyone else’s job.
When new people start working, check in on them and help them.
If you have someone on the organizational hierarchy directly above you - check on them periodically to see if they need any help. Make a point to do this when you see them stressed.
Not sure if the above works for everyone, but doing the above got me from welfare wages to 6 figures in 12 years.
During your workday, stay busy. Don’t take breaks like other lazy slackasses do.
Treat everyone with respect - even the assholes. If anyone criticizes you, don’t let them think it affects you. Thank them for telling you.
Have a sense of humor.
Never lose your shite with a coworker. Explain yourself calmly instead.
Start learning everyone else’s job.
When new people start working, check in on them and help them.
If you have someone on the organizational hierarchy directly above you - check on them periodically to see if they need any help. Make a point to do this when you see them stressed.
Not sure if the above works for everyone, but doing the above got me from welfare wages to 6 figures in 12 years.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 6:10 pm to momentoftruth87
Get your haircuts on work time because it grows on work time. Then write it off as a business expense
Posted on 8/10/22 at 6:13 pm to Gravitiger
Also, get to know the janitors. Saved my arse multiple times when I had to get into the office late at night to get something.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 6:27 pm to momentoftruth87
Work harder than everyone else
Make yourself an asset to the organization
Be intellectually curious
Earn the company more than they pay you.
Make yourself an asset to the organization
Be intellectually curious
Earn the company more than they pay you.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 6:30 pm to Chromdome35
Don’t let work consume your life. Company will always survive without you.
Company always had to do what is right for the company. If you need to do what is right for your family, do it
Company always had to do what is right for the company. If you need to do what is right for your family, do it
This post was edited on 8/10/22 at 6:33 pm
Posted on 8/10/22 at 6:43 pm to glorymanutdtiger
Two things-
If you’re early, you’re on time. If you’re on time, you’re late. If you’re late, you’re forgotten.
We can be friendly at work, but we ain’t friends.
If you’re early, you’re on time. If you’re on time, you’re late. If you’re late, you’re forgotten.
We can be friendly at work, but we ain’t friends.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 8:00 pm to momentoftruth87
I deal with people who aren’t capable of explaining an issue clearly and concisely. I can’t fix something if I can’t understand the problem. It wastes my time to ask 10 questions about what the problem is and how I can replicate it.
Also, it’s very obnoxious to have to read around typos and improper grammar in professional emails. Learn to write properly and effectively.
I took a technical writing course in college and the professor did an excellent job of teaching how to properly write mostly technical documents but it applies to emails and work documents as well. It was one of two courses I have no regrets taking and I actually learned applicable skills.
Also, it’s very obnoxious to have to read around typos and improper grammar in professional emails. Learn to write properly and effectively.
I took a technical writing course in college and the professor did an excellent job of teaching how to properly write mostly technical documents but it applies to emails and work documents as well. It was one of two courses I have no regrets taking and I actually learned applicable skills.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 8:09 pm to momentoftruth87
if you care about doing personal things "on the clock" your career outlook is all wrong 
Posted on 8/10/22 at 8:14 pm to momentoftruth87
Join the Navy and see the world.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 9:07 pm to momentoftruth87
Negotiate everything.
Do not hesitate to ask for more.
Do not let others push stuff to you.
Stay in your lane.
Do not look for friends or lovers at work.
Do your job.
Do not hesitate to ask for more.
Do not let others push stuff to you.
Stay in your lane.
Do not look for friends or lovers at work.
Do your job.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 9:12 pm to MyRockstarComplex
Let your yes be yes
Let your no be no
Don’t connect your phone to the office Wi-Fi
Let your no be no
Don’t connect your phone to the office Wi-Fi
Posted on 8/10/22 at 9:14 pm to momentoftruth87
Don’t stick your dick in company ink.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 9:30 pm to momentoftruth87
You should write every email as if the first sentence says,” Ladies and gentlemen of the jury.”
If you are polite, respectful, return phone calls, and emails promptly, you will be ahead of most of the workforce.
If you are polite, respectful, return phone calls, and emails promptly, you will be ahead of most of the workforce.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 9:47 pm to momentoftruth87
Keep your mouth shut on a company wide call. Nobody cares what you think.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 9:50 pm to momentoftruth87
quote:
Always poop on work time.
When I was full time military, I would push the limits of shitting my flight suit to the absolute envelope on the drive in to work just to shite in an Air Force toilet.
Ultimately the joke was on me. I got paid the same no matter when I showed.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 10:12 pm to little billy
quote:
Fake it til you make it actually works. If you just show up on time with a positive attitude companies will often tolerate some incompetence. I am certain there have been many times where my employer realized I didn't know what the frick I was doing or talking about but just was like frick it he's a nice guy he'll figure it out how to do the job eventually.
Yep. It's got me this far.
This post was edited on 8/10/22 at 11:05 pm
Posted on 8/10/22 at 10:36 pm to Nephropidae
quote:
Always peek under the stall to identify shoes to see if it’s worth using another stall or urinal at that particular moment.
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why are you looking under stalls if a urinal will suffice for that particular moment?
1 - you prefer sitting to piss in stalls?
2 - deciding you don't have to poop anymore?
weird advice you got.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 10:56 pm to PrimeTime Money
quote:
Do not start getting emotional when you are asked to introduce yourself in a meeting
God this was such a classic
Posted on 8/10/22 at 11:02 pm to momentoftruth87
A manager, supervisor, etc should delegate work to their team. It can help develop them for future promotions and create a seemless period if the boss is on vacation.
Also allows yourself to free up time to become more involved in your own bosses routines and can develop you for that next step up.
Also allows yourself to free up time to become more involved in your own bosses routines and can develop you for that next step up.
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