Meme: Words of Wisdom
May. 18th, 2011 10:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neonvincentflemco on Dreamwidth asked his readers to post a life lesson they've learned. Here's mine.
I learned this lesson 30 years ago. Always be on good terms with three groups of employees at any workplace--the custodians, the security guards/public safety, and the secretaries/receptionists. Every workplace of any size has people in those positions and they are the ones who make whatever that workplace is supposed to do possible. Be nice to them and your work will go that much smoother.
It helped that one of my jobs in college was as a janitor. I was completely invisible to the rest of the employees. That experience of being a nobody stuck with me.
So, what life lesson have you learned?
I learned this lesson 30 years ago. Always be on good terms with three groups of employees at any workplace--the custodians, the security guards/public safety, and the secretaries/receptionists. Every workplace of any size has people in those positions and they are the ones who make whatever that workplace is supposed to do possible. Be nice to them and your work will go that much smoother.
It helped that one of my jobs in college was as a janitor. I was completely invisible to the rest of the employees. That experience of being a nobody stuck with me.
So, what life lesson have you learned?
