Re: Business Myths (was Longevity)

[eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com]

>>Remember, your employer is not your friend. Its your job. Unless you own the
>>company, you can't really expect the company to just bend to your wishes. Work
>>is a contract. You deliver, you get paid.

Now if more businesses would only follow that good advice. To many companies
seem to be attempting to be your friend and family these days.

Business leaders/managers have to get it through their skulls that being a good
team player refers to how well you perform as a member of the WORK team while
performing your PROFESSIONAL duties. Not whether you're always smiling, happy,
and you attend every last pub outing/group meal/team building outing or sport.
While being on friendly terms with coworkers may be a bonus, it's PROFESSIONAL
and not PERSONAL behaviour and interaction that should be valued at work.

Sometimes it seems that current work environment strategy and thinking is
derived from high school/college behaviours. The formation of cliques and "cool"
gangs seems to be encouraged by management.

Eric L. Dunn



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