There are times when it’s difficult to find out who actually made the decision to hire some of the people who end up being staff, co-workers, or Supervisors. If you just listen and observe with both your eyes and your ears, you may recognize some of the employees I’m thinking about:
· Employee #1 – “Ok, I’m ready to call it a day.” Co-worker – “Really? It’s only 9:15 am.”
· An employee after their annual review – “Ok, my boss said I’m not getting a raise. I guess I need to lower my productivity to what I think is fair for my pay level.”
· The Boss, “We’re going to keep having daily meetings until someone figures out why nothing seems to be getting done around here.”
· “My boss told me to have a good day. Then he got mad at me for going home.”
· Overheard in the breakroom, the first day on the job, “Yeah, in my last job I was Self- Employed. It was a good job, but I got fired.”
· “I just put a note into the suggestion box to please schedule meetings around my job interviews.”
· “Oh, you’re here today. I was hoping for a good day.”
· “I really like this company’s vacation policy. There’s mine and then there’s my boss’s.”
· “Where I last worked would make people crazy, I was the Trainer.”
· “I’m exhausted today. Doing nothing takes hard work.”
· “Please don’t bother me with questions until I’ve had my first cup of coffee. BTW, I don’t drink caffeine.”
· “My boss had a counseling conversation with me today. I’m not sure, though, if it was because I was late or because I leave early.”
Do you recognize any of these behaviors as co-workers? I wonder who hired them? Who hired you?