Questions You Should Be Asking In The Office If You Want To Get FIRED!
How To Get The Sack
When you’re battling through a recession it’s not that hard to lose your job - many businesses are now asking employees to either leave or take a drastic pay cut - while these options are not very nice, sometimes there’s no other way to turn.
However, if you are going to lose your job, you want to make sure you don’t do it in one of the following idiotic ways! Below is a list of some of the easiest ways available to lose your job so if you are thinking about keeping it try avoiding everything on the list;
Deadline? What deadline?
Deadlines are in place for a reason - they aren’t guidelines, they are deadlines…if you are given a deadline make sure you don’t fall on the wrong side of it.
Other people, including your boss most likely, are depending on you to get your work in on time so if you let them down you will find your place securely in your bad books. Once you get a reputation for bad punctuality then you might as well leave…
Surfin’ The Net?
Granted, there is nothing wrong with checking your personal emails now and again throughout the work day - however, social networking has become the latest addiction ripping society apart and some people can’t help but check their Facebook accounts every 3 minutes.
You are being employed to do work, not to Poke your mates when they don’t reply to your status’s. You should be able to spend a suitable amount of time online for your personal business but don’t let it creep into your work time.
What Should I Do?
You are being hired to fulfil a specific role in the business - if you don’t know what the role is then how can you work properly. Obviously you are allowed some time to fit in to the role in the beginning of your time in the office, but after a while you should be clear on what is expected from you.
If you find yourself lost in your job after a year then you are definitely doing something wrong - you won’t be able to do your job properly and you will effectively be deemed useless if found out which of course you will be in no time.
How Good Am I?
If you constantly need to be told that you have done a good job and that you are on the right track then you aren’t in the right job…you should really go back to school.
A craving for the limelight shows your boss that you are far more interested in boosting your own career and less interested in being part of a team - what better way to turn your employee off of you?
Looking to stay hired?
Are you hoping to keep your job? Have you found our advice useful? Do you do any of the issues listed above? Let us know…