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How to Identify 12 Type of Office Workers

Posted by faiza 19 May, 2009 (2) Comment

Office is a strange place. If you have been working indoors for long enough you start to see patterns. Here is how I try to classify office workers in my workspace. I can easily classify them in 12 distinct categories. Here is my list for you to enjoy.busy-office-workers

Arrival Time Checker

These are the workers who reach office fifteen minutes before timing and are considered pest by the other colleagues are just liked by the boss. Arrival CheckerThey can be recognized by the serious looking facial characteristics.

Open Eyes Sleeper

They are the workers who say “yes sir!” on all work assigned to them. EyeOpenSleeper They are found in every meeting with power point presentations.

Blackberry Addict

They always seen busy with their blackberry and are prone to pranks. blackberryAddict They are usually not aware of all the things going around them.

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Top 10 Most Annoying Co-Workers

Posted by faiza 21 April, 2009 (4) Comment

Your pain can be felt by any individual, if you work in an office and your co-workers are annoying. Sometimes the colleagues in the office make it so easy to achieve your office goals and sometimes this diversity can make the environment awful and agonizing. We have categorized The most terrible and irritating office workers into Top 10 classes. These most annoying workers are listed in reverse order of their irritating nature.

10. The Wanderer:loiterer

Some office workers just aimlessly walk in your cabin without any agenda, plan or chat/talk 3 to 4 times a day. They just wander in your cabin and when you ask them what’s up. They reply in a very pleasant way that he or she is just watching what you are doing, and after that they just leave the cabin.

9. 9 to 5 Eaters:9 to 5 eaters

These are the colleague who eats in all office hours and also produce constant sound of crushing is coming from their mouth, fruits, candies, cakes, snakes and what not. Try to avoid passing by near their desk. If the bin under their desk is not properly washed, these workers can also sometimes be recognized by the odor which often comes from the rotten food items present in their bin.

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What Should You Do After Being Fired From Job

Posted by faiza 27 March, 2009 (0) Comment

Even a best individual can lose its job, unfortunately. It can happen even when the fault is there in the boss. You and your supervisors may not have any similarity in personalities. You and management might differ in approach about the job. You could have simply turned up. This usually occurs. You are not the only one to face this.

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A research conducted on this phenomenon has shown that almost 250,000 workers are fired from their job illegitimately. In contrast to this the justified removals are unnoticeable. If you ignore all the circumstances of your removal from the job, other things are more considerable like what to do? And where to go from here?

After Getting Fired:

First thing you should not do and i.e. never blame yourself. As it is mentioned earlier that getting fired can happen to the best member of staff. Don’t reside on it. Try to focus yourself on the way forward. Think about the stuff like what you are going to do next and how you are going to get another job. The stigma of being fired has added to your job search, but you should know how to tackle that. Be wise, positive and have realistic approach while addressing this issue.

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