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You need to look busy and act busy. Ever notice some of the worker bees in your
company that are *always* rushing around with papers in hand? Ever wonder what
they do? Why, they look busy!
Here in Portland there is a strange group of workers who feel it is their God
given right to cut out before 3:00 every day. Yes I know, I am told that they
come in "early", what ever that means.
Yes, Perception is everything...
I am hard at work, and letting people know that all of these 60 hour weeks are
catching up with me. Now I have to go over to Code Developer Susan's cubicle and
talk about the weather and her cats for a few hours...
-Barry
> From: figmo -at- rahul -dot- net (Lynn Gold)
> Q: How do you keep this attitude from showing on the job? I've made the
> mistake in the past of letting this kind of attitude show and have been
> pushed out the door for it. One such previous boss felt I didn't have
> enough work because I was able to get my work done in a 40-hour work week
> while the (mostly hired fresh out of school) programmers would be working
> late nights and weekends.