1. Everybody has an Ashley. I worked at a book store for a short period of time and ran into a co-worker named Ashley. She would make unecessary unproductive useless comments. She would cry at work and talk about other intimate details of her life. Many times I dreaded having to work with her. It really was uncomfortable dealing with such an open person.
2. Get hired is easy but keeping your job is not. I have noticed when people first start working there are super professional. However, people become less professional as the time goes on. People start coming to work late and not staying on top of assignments. Everyone is watching your performance and with such an unstable job market, it is imperative to be on your A game.
3. Not following company rules. Rules are made to be followed, not broken. For example, a temporary worker was extended at my recent job. Unfortunately, he was caught using google searching for lyrics. Now he has put him self in jeopardy of losing his job.
4. Asking unproductive questions. If your going to ask questions at work make sure others can learn from the answers. Asking questions that are in the work manual are unproductive questions. The hand book is there for a reason.
5. Being late for work everyday and being shocked that you were fired.
6. Not knowing how to perform basic tasks of your job.
7. Not continuing to grow in your job. You have to keep training in your field to get promoted and be seen as an asset.
8. Not respecting people in authority. In my current job, I have seen people get fired over not follwoing simple directons. You don’t want to be that person who loses their job because u were texting?
9. Not showing up for work. I have seen this behavior constantly. You are offered a job, you accept the position and fill out all the paper work. The first day of work arrives and you are nowhere to be found.
10. Not networking at work. I have met a lot of people who are interested in entertainment at my current job. You can network at your job and build connections that can last a lifetime.
Great points, but there are a few typos in the article that you might want to look at.
Yea, I noticed the typos after I posted on it. I will double check my work. Thanks, for commenting I really appreciate it.
Enjoyed your article, I am new to blogging as well. It is so true how folks are shocked when they have been bsssssinng at work and get fired and wonder why.