LJ Idol, Topic 25: "Workin' For a Livin' "

[dslartoo]

I have never once been fired from a job

Comments

[myrna_bird]

The Golden Rule is golden. You sound like a real team player who knows the value of those pats on the back. :)

[dslartoo]

I routinely get "team player" awards, actually. Thanks for confirming it seems to be deserved. :)

Thanks also for dropping by!

cheers,
Phil

[similiesslip]

I agree that pride in one's work is VERY important. And it's also great to give genuine compliments. People are SO quick to complain but then rarely say a word when someone does a great job. I'm glad you go around spreading a positive attitude:)

[dslartoo]

The conventional wisdom is that people are much quicker to complain than they are to compliment. I work in reverse -- I'm much more likely to say something nice to somebody than to complain about their work. I wish more people worked like that....

Thanks for coming by!

cheers,
Phil

[jacq22]

We need more of you...many more, the things you are preaching should be used like a mantra at school. I have worked in some lousy jobs and always done the best I could. Have left jobs and like you never been fired. Giving praise is so important, at least then they know they are on the right track.

[dslartoo]

Somebody else remarked that the world needs more of me. I think the world is not quite ready for more than one of me -- it barely contains the one that it has! :) But thanks so much for the kind words all the same.

Meantime, keep fighting the good fight yourself! Perhaps we can effect a sea change eventually.

Thanks for dropping in.

cheers,
Phil

[mstrobel]

I've never been fired either. My reasons for leaving previous jobs were (1) moving abroad, (2) moving back to the first country, and (3) the mall being demolished.

and various other points that make me go "Really? You have to be told this? Give me a fucking break."

Oh my goodness, some of the people I have worked with...! I totally know what you mean. In my last job, a lot of people would frequently pull no-shows. I *accidentally* pulled one once (I was sick, tried to call in, got the busy signal several times... then fell asleep and woke up again four hours later to a WHERE ARE YOU message.) and I just wanted to die of mortification! And I *had* a kind of an excuse. I didn't just "forget" (read: decide I didn't feel like it and then feign ignorance the next day).

[dslartoo]

Sickness *is* a good excuse. If you're so sick you fall asleep after trying to call in, you had no business being at work that day. :) It sounds like you're the sort of ideal worker I'd *love* to have as my coworker. Shame you're not!

Thankee for dropping by. I do appreciate that as well!

cheers,
Phil

[anonymous]

See, that's why after the layoff (remember us all together at Atkins Park?) I said, "E-mail Alan, he'll get you a job where he works," with nary a qualm, and he recommended you highly with nary a qualm. He even got a bonus for referring you to [Company], which I jealously said should have been MY bonus, because after all, "I got y'all that Phil!"

-Helly

[dslartoo]

Hahahahahahaha. I know a few people who actually think they should have a referral bonus shared with themselves, as the refer-ee. I never understood that logic, myself. I mean, all we did was just show up for work. The other person was the one who did the hard work of getting the managers interested. :)

It's nice to know my work ethic shines through even in a non-work environment, though. I mean, truthfully, you had no way of knowing what sort of worker I was, except by observing my general nature.

Thanks for dropping by! Hope you and Alan are doing well.

cheers,
Phil