By: Tracy Garrett
Face
it: you’re not going to get along with everyone you work with. The most
important thing you can do is try to work it out with the other person as
adults. Look for ways to compromise. Acute absenteeism
and constant tardiness are always on a list of worst things to do at your
workplace, but let’s look at some other actions that can really hurt your
chances of success within a company. I’m sure you know several people, perhaps
even co-workers, who demonstrate one or more of these worst things to do at
your workplace. How YOU decide to deal with the ones that affect YOU, are worth
discussing.
1. FASHION FAUX PAS
“I’m bringing sexy
back.” Yeah, but umm, not for work. They sell business attire for a reason.
Wearing tight fitting, low-cut, or too short clothing is one of the worst
things to do at your workplace, and will set you up for failure. Aside from
giving a false message, you’re also down-playing your business acumen. Poor
judgment in a work wardrobe could likely be associated with poor judgment
overall.
2. GOSSIPING
While it might be
tempting to join in water cooler chit-chat about a co-worker, this type of talk
will eventually bite you in the buns. When you’re busy repeating stories about
the guy or gal in the next cubicle, sharp-minded individuals in your department
are busy demonstrating their professionalism and work ethic.
3. PERSONALITY CONFLICTS
Face it: you’re not
going to get along with everyone you work with. The most important thing you
can do is try to work it out with the other person as adults. Look for ways to
compromise. Always save going to your supervisor as a last resort. They’re not
running a day care center and they don’t want to hear about petty bickering.
Being a victim of bullying in the workplace is an entirely different thing. If
a one on one firm chat with the bully doesn’t accomplish anything, then go
straight to your supervisor.
4. LOW MORALE
Just like there is
a Mr. Right, and a Mr. Right Now, there is the job you want and the job you
have now. If you show up every day looking and acting like you had to drag
yourself out of bed, and if you display no enthusiasm for your duties, you’re
just a downer on the whole department. No one will want to work with you, and
your demeanor will quickly come to the attention of your department head. Girl;
fake it till you make it!
5. “THAT’S NOT MY JOB.”
If a supervisor
ever hears that you said such and such is not in your job description, you can
kiss any promotion goodbye. From time to time, you’ll be requested to perform
some task that is not what you were hired to do, nor will you get paid extra
for doing it during regular business hours. You have to just suck it up and do
it, and the best of us will do it with a smile.
6. “THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID!”
Oh, the temptation
of going there! Just don’t do it! Keep even borderline dirty jokes, ethnic
remarks, and flirtations out of the workplace. Don’t be the start of it,
hopefully you’re not the butt of it, and try not to be in the circle of those
that tend to go there.
7. NOT A TEAM PLAYER
When I worked in an
environment where two or more people could take lunch at the same time, I
really preferred to lunch alone. I recognize this is not typical behavior; it’s
just that since my job involved talking all day, I found it preferable to read
during my lunch hour. Having been there and done that, my advice is…don’t
subscribe to my lone activity! Surprised? For the most part, it’s
misunderstood, and while others are bonding, you run the risk of not being seen
as a team player. Sad but true.
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