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What a Workplace can’t afford
It is like cancer to productivity
Being in the workforce for most of my life at this point has led me to one simple conclusion; we are all raised differently and it can be seen when we are at work together.
The factors that make us different are relatively consistent from job to job:
- Courtesy/lack thereof
- Selflessness/Selfishness
- Cleanliness/lack thereof
- Organized/not organized
- Promptness/late
- Care/apathy
It would be a great idea to create a test that goes along with the hiring process to see how people line up with that list. It could get to the psychological approach that potential new hires have toward the job. Then we could have a better understanding of how to position them.
One bad apple
When an employee takes the stand of “that’s not my job” they are saying that they are compartmentalized to a specific set of tasks and nothing more. They are saying they are not willing to bend to help the cause.
In the everyday workplace that kind of attitude is seen and felt and has the ability to permeate the staff.
