NU12#5 What pisses you off in the office? (revised) Nelle Canta

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“WHAT PISSES YOU OFF IN THE OFFICE”

Our company is a sales organization of Avida Land. Being in a sales organization, pessimists are not allowed since we have to spread positivity and eradicate negativity. Negative vibes can be so contagious. One person can actually pull you down, discourage you or brainwash you if you don’t have a firm belief and strong mindset.

In sales we always have to be motivated, so that our sellers will be motivated as well. We have to be resilient, and thrive on challenges. I hate it when people think of negative thoughts first, before they do an action.  Negativity has a domino effect. Once you think of bad thoughts, you will attract negative waves. This will suck out your energy and make you demotivated. I suggest putting up positive words signages in every cubicle or workstations of the employees. Also, there could be a fine of P20 whenever we hear negative words such as: “Ang daming work! Anu ba to!”, “D ko na kaya!”, etc. The fund will be given to the employees who did not say any negative words for the week.

Another thing that pisses me off is people who have long “yosi breaks”, and just slacking around. People who smokes for 30 minutes or more, eats up the time that they are suppose to use to be productive in their work. The company is paying them on an hourly rate and yet these people are wasting their time. Most of these are managers, who are supposed to set a good example to their staffs. These people should be a good role model so that people will emulate them. I suggest that smoking will be prohibited during office hours 8-5pm. Smoking should be allowed after office hours.

Spreading rumours in the office is another pet peeve for me. Most of the employees spend their lunch breaks and merienda breaks talking about people’s personal lives and office “chismis” which consumes a lot of their time. This habit seems to be very viral. People get distracted when one employee started to share a rumour, and everyone will be curious to listen. Sometimes it’s just ok to listen, but others spread the rumours and make it even worse by adding and lessening details on the rumours. Rumours don’t do anything good to the employees.  I suggest that every month there would be a “spy” who will report the employees who spread rumours. The employee that will be caught will be given oral reprimand.

Bureaucracy is also one of the worst things in an organization. Long processes that make a workflow too long are really irritating. One example is making unnecessary steps before proceeding to what needs to be done. This makes the sales process longer. Clients and sellers are the ones greatly affected on this bureaucracy. The management who is in charge of this process should make a thorough analysis on how to shorten the work flow so the system would be efficient.

I refuse to be part of the problem. I don’t smoke so just I could socialize. I love my lungs. As for the negative people, I am happy I am not them.