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Pro: I work hard and do the job I'm paid to do very well.
Con: I absolutely refuse to play political games, kiss up, or schmooze. I refuse to gossip, eat lunch with coworkers (which usually turn into gossip sessions), or carry on inane conversations with random people in the office. I don't want to get to know my coworkers as I'm there to do a job, not to make friends.
I work hard. Darned hard. I'll give organization my best the hours I work for them.
I stay out of petty drama and nonsense, which 98% of posters on this section of the forum seem obsessed with.
I don't gossip.
I don't whine about how unfair my paycheck is or what Jane is doing on FMLA.
I don't play or engage in politics.
I don't brag about my worth to the organization or how much I make or what my raise was; we are all expendable and not special at all.
I keep my mouth shut, put in my hours, and go home.
I'm grateful for what I have and don't look to move every year as a job hopper.
Cons:
I enjoy my time on CD forum even at work, but not to the detriment of my work output.
Pros: Smart, driven, ambitious. I can usually always figure out the solution to a complex problem. Very technically astute. Self motivated.
Cons: I'm very ambitious. I want to continuously grow and develop my career. My time frame is usually much faster than what most employers can or want to offer. So I get bored easily and seek new opportunities more frequently than hope for.
I provided good work ethics; produced good quality work; maintained confidentiality; and interacted effectively with coworkers to ensure projects were completed accurately and in a timely manner. Didn't complain - offered solutions instead.
What I didn't provide was a passion for using the workplace as a social club. Preferred to spend my lunch break alone as a means of relaxing and reliving stress. Did not find meetings productive.
Pros: hard worker, fast learner, excellent follow-up, organized, very detail-oriented, excellent at admin/customer service/operations/AP & AR
Cons (Of course I'd never say this in a real interview): low self confidence, low self esteem. I only hope it doesn't show in my body language because my co-worker is the same way and it completely shows in his body language and it's so annoying to see him so scared of getting it wrong.
Oh yeah. I'm a good employee. Hard working, honest, motivated, organized, capable of analyzing problems and seeing the solution. In fact, such a good employee that I prefer to be self-employed so I am the one getting the benefit of all my hard work, instead of some big business.
I'm retired, now. I never worked that hard because I wasn't paid for my input. I was paid for the quality of the research I produced and getting it done on time and under budget. It took me a while to learn how to do that. I had high quality standards and liked to make each new research assignment as fun and innovative as possible, even if it was seemingly dreary assignment I was working on. When I finally figured out how do all this, I was self-supporting. I was encouraged to be a team player, but always worked alone and/or hired subcontractor specialists with whom I had good rapport and they had a good track record to help me on the type of work I needed. I also wasn't very good at taking direction from above, but after a while, I stopped getting much direction because I was bringing in a lot of work, which also solved the working alone issue because I could pass work, I didn't want to do, onto others in my organization.
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