Workplace Myths Busted
January 25, 2011 1:11 PM If you’re like most people, you probably have a pretty good idea of what your job is all about and you’re probably wrong about a lot of it. What parts of your job are you wrong on?
According to the New York Daily News, author and former Apprentice contestant Carolyn Kepcher put together a list of common workplace myths that we need to steer clear of. Among them:
- Co-workers are my friends: It’s important to draw boundaries. You can’t break up with co-workers, you have no choice but to see your co-workers every single workday.
- My personal life is my business: Your private life is private, until you do something that reflects poorly upon your employer. Don’t bad-mouth them on Facebook. Your future career may take a hit.
- They need me here: They may, but millions of unemployed workers learned that their jobs are not as secure as they once thought. Being valuable is realistic, feeling irreplaceable is not.
- Salaries are set fairly: If a co-worker did a better job at negotiating his or her salary than you, remember it’s your job to negotiate for yourself. Employers will pay what they feel they need to pay to keep an employee, and nothing more.
- H.R. is here to help me. H.R.’s ultimate role is to protect the organization – sometimes from you. Don’t use them as a shoulder to cry on for your every workplace woe.
What are some other work place myths that need to be busted?
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