- – - What your Boss DONT want you to be January 21, 2008
Posted by janargy in lessons in work.trackback
You’re relatively new to the workforce and you’re eager to make a positive impression on your boss. That’s a great attitude to have, but it isn’t enough.
The truth is that when you enter the professional world, you bring some personal habits that may or may not please the boss. And it’s likely that you lack the proper perspective to know the difference.The office environment functions according to well-established and preordained routines. It relies on patterns, systems, cycles, and procedures for it to run efficiently. Such an atmosphere engenders various habits in everyone — a fact that’s as easy to forget as it is imperative to remember. As you meander about the office, trying to get a footing, it would be wise to remember that good habits generally require an effort to develop, whereas bad habits germinate in their absence.
Before it all becomes too familiar to you, learn the kinds of habits bosses hate so you can avoid developing them in the first place.
You don’t show initiative
No boss wants the burden of having to chronically tell you what to do. It’s time-consuming, exhausting and he’ll lose confidence in your abilities. It’s a manner that is lazy and it’s one of those habits bosses hate. Don’t wait to be told what to do, particularly during downtime. Your boss would rather see that you’ve taken the initiative to alphabetize a filing cabinet than surf the web when things are slow.When you give the impression that you’re unmotivated, you send a clear message of disinterest to your boss. Your boss probably has a lot invested in his job, so one of the last things he wants to see or hear from you is a lack of regard toward, or affection for, your job.
You show too much initiative
On the other hand, you should also be concerned with showing too much initiative. It doesn’t matter if it stems from excessive ambition, motivation, energy, or even a basic desire to please, it’s one of many habits bosses hate. Be careful not to overdo tasks and assignments; it’s generally unnecessary. Instead of giving the impression that you’re hard-working and creative, it has the potential for seeming inefficient: Why bother adding colors and graphs to a research assignment when that time would have been better spent getting on with other work?
An additional danger of showing too much initiative is in showing disrespect toward the office hierarchy. When you go above and beyond the call of duty, there’s a chance that you’ll step on some toes.
You make excuses
This is one of the most annoying habits bosses hate. If you give him an excuse, it means that you overlooked some responsibility and are now offering a defense on your own behalf for that oversight. “I didn’t get the research done because I had a flat tire and by the time I got home it was really late.”
Whether or not that statement is true, what your boss hears is: “It’s not my fault; a flat tire absolved me of responsibility.” Your boss will be less focused on what you actually said and more on what you imply.
Ultimately, you should know the difference between an excuse and an explanation. By definition, the former seeks exemption from blame, while the latter seeks clarity from confusion. The unnecessary details that typically subsidize an excuse only create more confusion; they do not address the fundamental point, which is your mistake. And when you address your mistake — by acknowledging it and by taking steps to correct it — it’s the only thing your boss cares about and it’s the only thing you should expect him to care about.Finally, resist the urge to embellish on an excuse or to flat out fabricate one. It may seem like the solution for getting you out of a jam, but you will have created another issue for which to be accountable.
You complain
Moaning, b*tching and whining are all reasonable synonyms for complaining. And no one, especially your boss, has any interest in hearing them; it’s just one of those habits bosses hate.Just because your boss has worked there a while and earns more money, doesn’t mean that he’s any happier about some aspects of the job, such as staying late. He has a life too, and he knows which office situations are unpleasant without getting a reminder from you. It is in your best interest to avoid such phrases as: “God this sucks” or “I was supposed to meet someone an hour ago.”Before you open your mouth, know the difference between a complaint and a critique. Complaints are personal and anyone can complain. Critiques require an effort because they tend to be constructive, meaning they aim to correct something. If the comment about to leave your mouth does not feature a proposed solution, if it’s so banal it could not even support a solution (“It’s only three o’clock? This is the longest day ever!”), save it for happy hour, your girlfriend or your blog.
You ask too many questions
Naturally, it’s not a bad thing to ask questions, especially when you’re trying to clarify tasks before taking them on. In fact, asking questions should be encouraged. Asking too many questions, especially too many stupid questions, is among the habits bosses hate and can quickly become aggravating. To begin, they are a fundamental waste of the boss’ time and an emblem of inefficiency. They also reflect very poorly on you, your intelligence and on the perceptions others will develop about you. A manager will think twice before assigning you an important job, remembering how the last time you practically needed someone to hold your hand all the way through.
The bottom line is that bosses value employees who are resourceful enough to figure some things out on their own.
Without exception, there’s a motif running through these habits bosses hate: These habits tend to devour space and time in the life of your boss that aren’t yours to occupy. By squandering his time you have delayed him elsewhere — and he’ll likely remember the reason why.You’ll find that some people, even longtime veterans of the workforce, continue to exhibit the kinds of habits bosses hate. Don’t be surprised if those are the same people who also complain about the company’s glass ceilings, how they fail to encourage their employees and how rarely they give raises.
it all drop down to knowing ur job and act as a knowledgeable employee
good thing about the pieces of advice however due to the complexiy of human minds..maybe those should not do would be the best thing to do…iba iba naman ang mga bosses eh.
habits can make and unmake a person too bad its emphasized once you stepped in the workforce
i would definitely print this one out..magandang kodigo para sa pagpasok ko sa corporate world.. hehe..
seriously speaking,a lot of people are trying to do a lot of things na hindi muna iniisip ang consequence..we should get rid doing things trying to please..kapag nasa corporate world na,being a man-pleaser won’t work..ay,depende pala..pero depende rin sa tao,as long as ginagawa mu ung alam mu eh tama at makakatulong sa ginagawa mu,den do it..ang mahalaga,alang masasagasaan..
un..=)
it’s nice to absorb those kind of things from an experienced person para padating ng tamang panahon, we can apply it db.
napaka-interesting ng article for me because in time I will experiece those things stated in the work place..
I appreciate the advice and I will remember these things that will help me to become better if not the best employee sa office na papasukan ko..
tnx to ds article, i learned alot of do’s and don’ts on future work.. it’s interesting to learn dos things and apply it wen tym cums..
mailagay nga sa imbakan ng isip ko to, gawing kong quotes sa text…
buti na lang pala binasa ko to, at may natutunan ako.
at may sandata na ako laban sa mga katangahan ko.
pagdating ng panahon…
im really excited to work in the office,,,pero nung mbasa ko to,bigla akong knabahan…kc baka mdevelop ko tong mga bad attitudes na to wen im already an office gurl..=)
this is really good..all i can say is that..masama ang kulang at masama rin ang sobra..be yourself kapag nakikisalamuha kasi mahirap ung pinipilit ang sarili kahit di sanay..always pay attention to your work and to your boss..be sure alam mo ang trabaho mo..
Bzta ang sakin.. it varies from different company.. bzta mhrap i explain ang ng hohold water kc jan ay qng panu kna mgtrabaho sa realidad,,,
depende sa tao!
eto lang, dapat talaga, employees know where they stand.
nakakalungkot na kailangan pa ng mga ganitong reminders para sa mga empleyado… dapat alam na nila ‘to eh.
Ang sakin lamang naman ay di kailangang magpasikat sa taas. Kung sinsero ka at alam mong tama ang iyong ginagawa yun ang maganda mong magagawa sa pagtatrabaho mo sa kanya.
isa pang magandang gawin ay pagaralan ang bawat bagay at tamang taktika sa bawat kilos na gagawin.
the article was so inspirational..
and i learned too..
of course thats one of the charctarestics that the boss dont like…
gusto ng boss eh prng tga sunod k lng nia !!!!!!!
nd dpt wg kng makulet!!!!!!!
sunod ng sunod!!!!!
khit d pair …icipin u n lng n mkkgnti k rin s kanya!!!!!!!!!
just be patience!!!!
nging isang paalala 2 para saken..na dapat alam ko ung tama at mali sa work…..dapat alam nten kung ano tlaga ung work..
wow! bgong kaalaman na2man na aking maga2mit sa hinaharap…… naka2 excite tuloy mgtrabaho……
i’ll try to do this advice! pag magtratrabaho no qoh! people should know this thing esp. ung mga freshly grad.!
I think kelangan talagang isapuso ang mga lessons sa article kc pag nasa working place kana mahirap kapag hndi mo talaga alam ang gagawin mo, especially at bago ka pa. Hindi maiiwasan na mapahiya ka or something na unexpected mangyari kaya dapat ready kana.
good pieces of work advice. however, things in work should be a give-and-take relationship. bosses should not overly control thier workers to the extent n hindi n nila gingawa yung responsibilities niya as the boss…he (boss) should know also his responsibilities para maging role model sya sa mga workerks niya.
it’s really very challenging to apply all these “advice”, ‘coz we really need to know first the working attitudes of our bosses before we can perform our work perfectly…
tama ang lahat ng sinabi niya , ang dami kong natutunan. madalas talaga ganito ang napapansin ko kahit hindi sa office…
example:
school ( teacher and students) , (leader of a group and its members),( president and the whole class).
house ( parents and children)…
at marami pang iba….
kailangan bgo k pmasok s isang trabaho eh alam m n kng mkbubuti ito pra s’yo,,,kng anu mng pwesto ang itnakda pra s yo mas mbuti i enjoy m n lng ito wg k n pmsok s teritoryo ng iba
wel i think, i must visit your blog every time that i will surf the net because informations or should i say that pieces of advice are worth reading here,, haaay, by the way sir, thank you for these pieces of advice that will set as my guidelines from now on…. especially when i turn to the other chapter of my life.thank you
waaaaaaaaaah!!! after reading dis….. iniisip ko kung gragraduate ba ako T_T
kung magagamit ko ba yung mga do’s and donts na ito T_T
buti nalang at nabasa natin to…dahil makakatulong to sa atin sa hinaharap…
what is more exhausting at work is when your boss/ supervisor is poking you around while your working? but i have learn with this article is that and realize after several contemplation (*naks*).. that my bosses also came from what i am right not, nothing but subordinates, and experience the same, meaning they’ve been in my position once in their life time and they’ve been promoted because they’ve done a good job during their time. Now, they have expectations from us, its never valid that you won’t obey your bosses just because you’re are under the impression that the only thing they do is to make you life miserable, c’mon, grow up! they won’t be in the position if they are not professional, why won’t we try to be one
all these thing are true,
ganito din ang naoobserbahan ko sa mga trabaho ko pero sympre iba2 naman ang types ng managers hindi lahat ganito .
Ang sure lang na gusto ng laht ng boss
eh ung employee na mpagkakatiwalaan at madaling matuto sa trabaho. isa pa un ngang independent sa trabaho dahil kapag tanung ka ng tanung sa kanali, malamang mairita sila sa inyo dahil sila mismo ay madaming ginagawang trabaho .
yah Ryt. .
itS Too DiFfiCulT. .
its actually easier said than done., but if circumstances permit., these advices would really come handy.,
always rememeber that we are all walking advertisement .. not only in the professional world . .amen . .
I think that too much or too less of things makes it more complicated..
Bosses, like normal people finds those things simply aggravating.. Even ordinary people would find it revolting to have someone that should have been an asset a hassle instead.
korek ka sir!!! di tlaga madali ang magtrabaho… marami tayong dapt gawin at di gawin… sumtyms we tend to forget these things, and often we blame others for the unfortunate things that happen in the workplace but lets stop and think and see that as neophytes in the business we should always be open for comments and improvements…
nice advices ha..Now I know bkit ayaw saken ng boss ko..??joke..this is really true…everyone doesnt nid these kind of employees..we should all know are worth…show them your bullet!!!
just follow the rules and everything will be alright! buti pinasok ko itong topic na ito… karagdagang kaalaman nanaman para sa utak kong nagwawala na sa dami ng laman nito….
All that is written in this blog is true,,mahirap pumasok sa professional world lalo na hindi ka handa..buti po naisulat niyo yan…
at least maykaalaman na kami sa mundong kinagagalawan ng mga nagtratrabaho
to someone who doesn’t experience professional works like me, and to someone who have experienced it for over a decade now hehe!!!, it wud therefore be a great and helpful insight, tnx!
reading this article made me remmeber my previous boss…..(it gives me cold chills)…the boss always demands maximum efficiency…just like a well tuned mech.
Like what others have stated, it still depends on the boss’ attitude or personality. One must really know how to communicate with the boss.
but still, I believe that every boss hates a worker who is not honest and definitely, someone who does not know the things he ought to do.
just be RESPONSIBLE and everything will fall into its right place..well hopefully. hehehhe
Very true.. Although I’m not yet a boss, I experienced some instances when I need to act like one and those written under this article are the same things I don’t want people working under my supervision to commit
always be in the middle… it doesn’t mean that you don’t have your character or your own side, but just making what your boss wanted what you ;do
what boss don’t want
working is like going to sir jan’s class…
u have to drop ur heart…
prepare for battle…
always have your common sense with you…
u can never be late…
no complains…
you should always be productive…
no absences unless there is a compelling reason…
hehehe… swear if u pass through all this you can face the world…
what the bosses want:
Completely like sir jan ehh???
who wants trash anyways??
i csn only admire those who posses these traits, but i guess i can never be like them, urgh!
those who have these traits are more likely to succeed, and are more likely hard to find… hehehe
really, in working there’s lot more to consider.
uhmm…be the best sometimes is not enough if its not required….kei s’jan ko to nakuha eh…hehehe!!!hays..tma naman….coz we need to meet the peak of the requirement while still standing tall.”,)
i have to add another thing our boss or future boss won’t like… late comers… ahh im trying hard to come on time and change my bad concept of time…
good advice!especially s mga gagraduate who’ll soon find themselves a job….i’ll take that when i already have my work
haay, ang dami ko pa dapat matutunan….
moaning, whining and bitching …..
someone’s guilty of this i guess…
say you have the worst possible boss you’ve ever imagine…
just apply the ways of a military men…
“obey first before you complain”…
yes…sometimes you can hardly apply this
but its a fact of life
just make a mindset that…..
someday when you became a boss yourself
you’ll make sure that you’ll be the worst boss
too”..
haha!its pay back time….
…be responsible…do ur duties and responsibilities effeciently….and avoid being late!!!!!
sometimes it really sucks..but its a matter of acceptance kc parang tinamaan ako dun..anyway…natuto ako dun ha..atleast now, maybe after grad when im already working as a professional, magagamit ko yun para di ako mapagalitan ng future boss ko
umm..this topic will really help a lot of us in the future..specially in our desired jobs. Kahit anong bagay,sumobra man xa o magkulang ay masama..So learn to balance things in your life..
Well it’s a good thing na meron kayong nilagay na ganito dahil malaking tulong ito para sa amin pag nagkatrabaho na kami…We may not avoid all of those habits but at least we can start not doing it from now on..
WOW..
sna nbasa ko nun may work pa aq….
pero sobrang agree aq sa lhat ng sinulat nio sir!
ang mundo sa work is so much different from the life we had in school…..
hindi lang boss ang dapat mo i please at pkismahan kundi lhat ng tao sa pligid mo
mahirap mkhanap ng work lalo these days
dapat iwasan gwin ang mga hindi dapat i blieve we are old enuf to know anu dapat at di dapt gwin sa lhat ng aspeto ng lyf ntin…
sabi nga ng remarkable prof ng 3-2 pari na rin ng 3-3 sa world lit…
BE SENSITIVE….
intra and inter…
pero xempre,,
natural na ang pagkakamali (which is consrtuctive pa nga) but we must exert an effort to prevent those.. learning cant be learning without trials.
pero good advice tlaga to.. so hindi n kami macuculture shock pag nagtatrabaho n kmi…
salamat po!
we’ve got some tips!!
tenks sir!!
you just have to know kung anong work ang pinasok mo.. not all bosses are like that..depende talaga yan sa mapapasukan mo..
bosses wanted you doing your work… i mean properly. and doing your properly aint harder than lookin for a job. goin beyond their expectaion is an assurance that you still got your work by tomorrow.haha
from now on il keep it by heart..
tenk u sir!
thanks for the tip…. hehehehe… real world here we come!!!!!
accountability?hope everyone exercise such!!! hehehehe lol
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Timely advice for the seniors of PUP.
Good luck sa atin after graduation
Your boss is always looking out for potential bosses, then they fire them…
Most of the time, promotion should be looked as a long term goal not a short term goal. because if you get promoted at a fast pace then your boss maybe threatened that you may replace him and you’ll end up in the gutter more or less
tahnks for the advice sir….
hope in our journey outside the PUP, all that things will alwys on our pocket.
may mga pretender sa mga nag-comment ha.. sana nga they have learned from the article posted, wag puro salita.. boss ka man or utusan, we should know our RESPONSIBILITIES.. Leadership is not a title but a duty.. we should not outshine our master but master should not give the reason to their subordinate to outshine them.. in short, kung ang utusan lng din naman ang gagawa ng lahat, xa nlng dapat ang nasa pwesto.. ano yun? titulo lng? wehehehehehehe…. peace!!! bato bato sa langit, ang tamaan wag magalit…
“cover your own ass”
i dont know why this is the very first thing that will always pop into my mind whenever workplace is mentioned…
oh yeah… the tips are good…but i guess those are just basic of all the basics that you ought to know as an employee..
more than anything else, you should always be alert or be in red alert as sir monares would always tell us..why?because you do not know what others may do to you or what they are capable of doing…remember that the person besides you always thinks that he can do the job better… especially your boss…
gandang article to especially for students na nagwowork na at may balak ng magapply ng work….boss will always be a boss….
sir ikaw ba toh??haha.. tsuri late ang post ko akala ko kasi 17 ang deadline..tsuri ulit..
amf! ganda ne2!
lalu n 2:
Ultimately, you should know the difference between an excuse and an explanation. By definition, the former seeks exemption from blame, while the latter seeks clarity from confusion.
..ayan mai panLaban n q!
^ ^
-®ai
Malaki ang maitutulong nito lalo na at malapit na ang pagharap namin sa professional world… madami kaming fears about sa pagpasok ng trabaho at kung kakayanin ba namin ang lahat ng ito. Madami palang hate ang mga boss na di ko akalain na ayaw pala nila ung mga ganoong habits ng mga employee nila…tnx po..
In short wag gyahin si Squidwert s Spongebob Squarepants!
i really like this article… it gives me clues on how to get along with my future boss… i now understand the difference between excuse and explanation… this article will surely help me in the future… but i think that i can also apply the principles in the school, with the professor as the boss…
ito ay isang paalala para sa atin na sa hinaharap ay magtratrabaho at makikitungo sa ating mga amo…
some of the points reminded me of the laws of power. talk about being careful not to step on others’ toes.
. Good, though. It is really imperative to be able to know helpful corporate values to be able to carry on well in that “other” world given that three more sems (hopefully) and its likely that we’ll all have to deal with the same environment.
tnx for that!!
however, im planning to be my own boss!! hehe…
Acknowledge! I sure will do all of these! Ahehe.. Nice to know these facts, this would really help me and others in the near future. Now that I think about it, might as well do it today.. ahehe..
hahaha bagasy saken hahahaha
bosses are always right @_@
but i do try my best para ma meet ang expectations nea, at maka sale
hehehe
haiz….
ang hirap tlagang mgkron ng boss….hehehe
pero nice pOh ung article…
at least lam n nmen ung mga do’s and dont’s pra mging maauz ung work nmen…=)
dapat…kilalanin munang mabuti kung anong ugali ng boss…..para maplease siya in everyday you work for him….magkakaiba naman ang ugali nila….siguro just be yourself and do your best…and always choose the right path
…for me when you are working, you think about your job…
…remember your responsibilities why you were hired in that field, its because they need your help and your participation will make them happy….
…that’s why bosses get angry when you did so many excuses….
…just prove to them that they were not mistaken to hired you….
although there are so many kinds of bosses, i think all of these can be avoided. like what i’ve said on the other article, it’s just a matter of knowing your job!
napakausefull tips naman nun samen pagdating ng panahon!! dahilo sun nagkaron ako ng idea, hope ung mga klasmeyts ko din!