Anyone who’s ever worked anywhere KNOWS that there are certain unspoken rules that you genereally have to abide by. Here are a hadnful of those rules, according to the internet!
“If you see someone eating lunch by themselves quietly for the love of god don’t take it as an opportunity to talk their ear off. Lunch time is personal time.“
“That person who tells you the most interesting “news” from around the office is the last person with whom you should discuss any of your personal business!“
“Write every email as if you were to read it out loud in court.“
“Take all your vacation days.“
“Anonymous surveys aren’t anonymous.“
“The real way to get a raise is to change companies“
“If you didn’t cook it or buy it yourself, it ain’t your damn lunch!“
“HR is not your friend. Source: I am HR.“
“Always assume everything you say will be repeated to someone else, even when you’re on the phone in your office with no one else in there. Walls are thin. Don’t gossip, ever. That can make your work life miserable REALLY quickly.“
“No 8:00 AM meetings or 4:00 PM meetings.“
“Don’t reheat fish in the microwave“
“Don’t f*****g date anyone there.“
“Don’t give details about why you are sick or going on vacation when asking your manager for time off. They do not need to know in order to determine whether or not you can take the time off. People love judging if your time off is “worthy” so don’t give them the chance. You also can report a manager to HR if they deny sick time (at least in the US, I’ve seen people fired over this)“
“If you are being trained for a position accept the training. If you act like you already know it all (even if you do) people won’t share the little things that may be unique to that situation that make things easier.“
“Treat new hires with respect. One of them might end up your superior sooner than you know.“
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