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Going into your first day with coffee

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    #182
    IamtheWalrus
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    Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »
    That it should be a non-issue. Did you not read what he wrote?

    He said he agreed with a poster who pretty much summed up what I had been saying, only the other poster was nicer about it.


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    #183
    Vancity
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    This is so funny how something so innocuous could be seen by some as an indicator of whether they're ambitious and driven...:O Just different views I guess.

    Thanks for the Coffee2go recommendation, I will be heading in to work mid December armed with a cup - I'll report back if I get shown the door :)


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    #184
    AnonoBoy
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    Just out of interest IAmWalrus - what sort of job do you work in?


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    #185
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,635 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    He said he agreed with a poster who pretty much summed up what I had been saying, only the other poster was nicer about it.

    You see, attitude goes a long way.
    Also, I don't think the other poster said anything about black marks against said people and marking them down for dismissal. I also again remarked it should he a non issue.
    There is a difference between maybe someone taking someone aside and saying "I noticed you did xyz, please don't don't again" and thinking "first chance I get I boot that bastard"


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    #186
    [Deleted User]
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    seamus wrote: »
    Depends on whether your work is time-sensitive, surely? What's wrong with turning up at 9:10 if there's nobody relying on you being there at that time?

    Presume time is an issue, after all the poster said...
    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    OK, I accept that. Would you describe your management style as authoritarian? Come in on time...

    On time implies that there is a time to turn up at.


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    #187
    [Deleted User]
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    etoughguy wrote: »
    Of course it's management style, one removed from the real world

    Suppose the new hire was up all night with a sick child and got zero sleep and stopped by the coffee shop next to the office for a quick coffee - you'd start him at -1 instead of 0 as you mentioned, no compassion involved. Management involves people management and you judge him in the negative for bringing a cup of coffee into an office. Get dafuq out of here, glad I never worked with someone like you. Assuming you are an actual manager??

    Did their tongue fall out or could they not explain "up all night with a sick kid"?

    I mean, if someone turned up in my line of work in a teeshirt chewing gum they'd be told to just go home. If it was their first day they possibly would not get a second. But if they explained that they came straight from a disaster zone where they saved peoples lives that would be factored in...


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