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Old guy here who understands what you're getting at. My thoughts on how you do it: 1. Be a genuinely good person. 2. Be a team player. Always credit the team
by runjake 8y ago
Old guy here who understands what you're getting at.
My thoughts on how you do it:
1. Be a genuinely good person.
2. Be a team player. Always credit the team. People will figure things out.
3. Do small, nice things for people without the expectation of reciprocation. They shouldn't require a major time or money investment from you. Just little things.
4. Show up on time. Don't be the first to leave.
5. Don't overwork. Overworking leads to negative effects on your health.
- django77 8y agoIf everybody listened to advice 4 it would conflict with advice 5
- eithed 8y agoNot necessarily - if things need to be done, don't leave people to it just because you're done; try to be helpful (of course don't let others take advantage). The same way - don't stay over time if given thing can be continued next day; work is work, and while it is important, there are more important things
- muzani 8y ago4 basically means don't be that guy who does as little work as contractually obligated to. There was actually one situation where I was the last to come and first to leave. I'm pretty sure I was well disliked at that company even though I more than did my share. You're just not seen as part of the group.
- quickthrower2 8y agoI don’t follow 4. I get in early and leave early. This is the 2010s not the 1810s. If that means I’m not liked, I’ll pay that tax.
- maccard 8y agoI think op means to not just do the bare minimum and be the guy who leaves when everyone else is working.
- majewsky 8y agoI know what you're getting at, but this language upsets me. There are a ton of valid reasons to leave when everyone else is working: 1. doctor's appointment 2. picking up the kids from daycare 3. being an early bird and coming in way earlier than everyone else 4. working part-time Just from the top of my head.
- runjake 8y agoYep, you got it right. That's what I meant. It was really hard to find the proper wording, there. In any case, I am absolutely against slaving yourself for your employer and that is not what I meant at all. Heck, I think 40 hours a week is too much -- I'd much rather see something closer to 32 hour work weeks, realistically.
- dre85 8y agoI totally agree with this. This culture of being expected to be present at work simply to pretend like you're working more needs to end immediately in every work place. It's just plain toxic.
- wellpast 8y agoChange it to, Don’t always be the 1st to leave...
- dahart 8y agoOnly if 100% of your co-workers over-work, arrive early and stay late. I’ve worked in companies of wildly varying sizes, from 2 (startup) to 200,000 (megacorp), some of them full of very hard workers, and it has always been easy to not be first out by just meeting the minimum time obligation that I agreed to. There are usually some people working less, and the advice above was just to not be one of them, rather than kill yourself by working harder than everyone.
- bjourne 8y agoThe logical implication (p->q implies !q->!p) is that if you are not liked at work you are not doing these things. I'm not sure that is true. :/
- djangovm 8y agoFor some reason, I assumed 4th to be about meetings (don't make others wait, don't leave in awkward demeanour). Probably I am attending too many meetings.