Tips from an Employee to a Boss for a Better Work Relationship
1. Always leave without telling anyone where you're going. It
gives me a chance to be creative when someone asks where you
are.
2. Be nice to me only when the job I'm doing for you could really
change your life.
3. Do your best to keep me late. I like the office and really
have nowhere to go or anything to do.
4. If a job I do pleases you, keep it a secret. Leaks like that
could cost me a promotion.
5. If it's really a "Rush job," run in and interrupt me every 10
minutes to inquire how it's going. That helps.
6. If my arms are full of papers, boxes, books, or supplies,
don't open the door for me. I need to learn how to function
as a paraplegic and opening doors is good training.
7. If you don't like my work, tell everyone. I like my name to
be popular in conversation.
8. If you give me more than one job to do, don't tell me which is
the priority. Let me guess.
9. If you have special instructions for a job, don't write them
down. In fact, save them until the job is almost done.
10. Never give me work in the morning. Always wait until 5:00 and
then bring it to me. The challenge of a deadline is
refreshing.
11. Never introduce me to the people you're with. When you refer
to them later, my shrewd deductions will identify them.
12. Tell me all your little problems. No one else has any and
it's nice to know someone is less fortunate.