10 Things You Should Never Say to Your Boss

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gaundapituado of WV 4:18PM August 28, 2012

Excellent messag Will, spot on!
. those who enjoy being sheeple,.lackies,.chumps,.and.saps will find the above article
their corporate.bible to ascend to mediocrity.

Bill of DE 8:50PM August 11, 2012

Will, you are great! I actually like my current employer but I get up and go to work every day for a paycheck, period. If the job description changes, the pay better change too. I have never found it difficult to find a new job, even during 3 different recessions. I don't want my employer to be my friend, my family or my supporter. I have those outside of work. I want my employer to provide me with a paycheck for services provided by me. Respect is earned. I expect to earn my employer's respect by doing my job to the best of my ability and I expect my employer to earn my respect by treating me fairly. If the above conditions are not met, I move on. End of story. I work to live, not the other way around.

Issy of FL 11:24AM August 03, 2012

I have to make a point regarding item #4. Saying that you're not able to work with another co-worker, doesn't necessarily imply that the one complaining is the difficult employee and has difficulty working with others. I'm in a situation right now where I've tried to time and time again to point out to my supervisors that I can't seem to get any information out of a co-worker because she doesn't want to share any knowledge. They thought I was working on a specific project with her and I told them that the first time I heard about the project was in a meeting and when I asked her about it she claimed to not know anything about it. You would think that would have given them a hint of the lack of communication. Did they do anything about it? Heck no! So, recently I was the one pulled into the office and given the "talk" about how I can't be hand-held, need to take initiative because nobody is going to show me how to do everything. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. For 2 years, I have never had to be hand-held, got 3 certifications and working towards a 4th. This co-worker was the one who trained me and she was the one who initially told me not to play around in the system. The supervisors didn't believe one word I said and later in the meeting they claimed that I didn't know what I was talking about when asked about something and that I didn't know anything about the area I worked in. WTH? I majored in it, I have been in the industry for 15 years! I've concluded that it's a "guy" thing and they just have trouble with women and enjoy making them look small and prefer the submissive type, which I definitely am not. Now, they leave me out of meetings, don't ask me anymore questions, nor assign me anymore tasks. Hence, I've decided to start looking for another job because nobody needs to be treated in this manner.
So, managers, you need to learn a lesson or to about how to communicate and motivate! And open your eyes and see who is REALLY doing the work and who is not. Don't assume you know everything because you don't.

URKiddinMe of TX 10:11AM May 24, 2012

Well, at 56, this finally explains why I have had over 400 jobs in my lifetime. Thanks, Allison, for clarifying the wage-slave mentality you need to succeed today. Let me straighten out a few things for you. First, I don't apply for jobs I can't do. Second, I work alone, even in a factory, I am there to do my work, only, with no help from others, and without helping others do theirs. I hire on, I do not join teams, or become part of "the X family." Employers who believe I believe in anything but my paycheck are fooling themselves. They are a corporation, not a cause. I have never made friends at any work site, and never will. I do not attend after hours functions, holiday parties, or sign cards for other employees leaving the firm, or hospitalized, having babies, or whatever. I do not care if what I do, build, manufacture, repair, or service, is of benefit to the clientele or personnel of the corp I work for. I show up because I am being paid to show up, I do everything asked of me, to the best of my ability, I put in long hours for overtime pay, if needed. Hard work, for my own benifit makes sense. However, the minute any employer thinks I am making these efforts for any overall good, leading anything, following anything, or being a top employee, I am out of there. I will arrange my being terminated, or quit on the spot. I hire on for the specific job function, and will not "fill a hole" created by someone outside my function, or not for very long, get some one who wanted to do this job, or you'll have two holes in your workforce, inside of a week. Generally, Alli, your advice goes out to beta-male, sheep mentalities, willing to be lead around by the nose for the "greater good" of the "team". There is not I in team, is correct. I am never part of any Team.
Will

Will of NV 10:02PM May 14, 2012

I would like to add:
1. I never did it in my life
Giving new task to an employee, with coaching or on the job training if the case, should be a challenge and an opportunity to learn more. Its true that a new task could be difficult for someone, even if the task is in reality easy to accomplish, but you have to show to your manager proactivity and positive attitude. As manager, I look for talent and when I find proper skills to someone, I offer the new job opportunity. I always tell them: first, you are working in the industry for X years, so you have at least the visual experience and second, if you have the talent and a hand book with instructions you will drive even an airplane.
2. I do already enough for the money I am paid
The work motivation should come from inside, if it dosesnt...he/she will never be motivated with the salary
3. Many employees turn the discussion, to the salary point, especially when they are a group. I always tell them, look this is a one to one discussion, lets meet separately for this topic.
and there are even more...but I believe its the managerial talent to fix and control these attitudes!
I like and agree with the article, it seems people attitude is the same worldwide.

Mihaela Staicu 11:07AM March 31, 2012

I strongly disagree with number 1. I've worked for a boss who often revised the goals mid stream and pretended that Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia and not Eurasia. The only way to get him to acknowledge that he was changing the goals and that he would therefore have to either extend the deadline or pay for overtime was to show him what he'd written in his own handwriting.

Steve of IL 4:33PM March 28, 2012

All these comments are very true. Just watching their expression when someone says one of these is quite tiny. I have learned to put myself in my bosses position and look at the whole picture. Then you have a better feel of all thoughts and can come to a sensible solution.

Dorothy P M Ponte of FL 12:49PM March 28, 2012

[it] cracks me up that these need to be said to today's worker. They all seem remarkably obvious to me, and I have Aspergers!

Robertg of PA 8:38AM March 28, 2012

This advice sounds like it's mostly intended for Millennials. With a very few exceptions, they are the only ones who would ever imagine any of the above is appropriate to say to a boss.
And That Girl, if you're still listening: Use e-mail to fullest extent possible.

Kelly of TX 8:06PM March 25, 2012