Organized At Work
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To Do 's and Not To Do's

Organized at work means you actually are at work and not laid off.

One of the ways to keep your job during times of economic uncertainty is to be a person that is known for getting the work done and not for causing trouble. You might want to keep your head down, work and be organized at work.

All the guys who were trouble makers where I work are gone. They're on layoff and I doubt they'll ever be brought back.

All the guys who didn't get much work done are gone. They're on layoff too.

I really see no reason the owner would ever hire them back. I certainly would not ask for them back. It was obvious even when we had a lot of work that those guys did not pull their weight. They couldn't seem to catch on and be organized at work.

The trouble makers were the type that didn't like to work much even when we were swamped with work and had multiple deadlines.

The guys who didn't get much work done just couldn't seem to catch on in spite of doing our type of work for a number of years.

The trouble makers were not like huge problems. Just minor irritations. It is just that no one likes minor irritations either.

One guy was always late for work. Not just 5 minutes either. He would come in 15, 30 sometimes an hour late. It was just ridiculous. He would call in sick fairly often. To me that is just stupid since we don't have sick leave. You have to use vacation time or not get paid. He was in his 30's too, not a sickly older person.

He loved to bag around too and not work that hard. Even when there was a lot of work and we all were under enormous pressure to get work done.

His favorite ploy was to draw the work up (her was a CAD draftsman) drop it on my desk and then go and talk to the secretaries for 15 or 20 minutes. He would always have a few minor mistakes either through carelessness or intentional. I would see the mistakes and mark up the plans again in a matter of minutes and put them back on his desk. But since he was with the secretaries he wouldn't get back to it immediately.

This happened all the time. All the time. It irritated me to no end.

Once in awhile I would go and get him if I needed the plans done right away. But mostly I just seethed over this. I'm not his dad or teacher who has to tell him exactly what to do, am I? He is a grown man. Once you're working you have to know what to do, not be told.

One time at the annual company Brewer game he brought along his drunken friends. It was less expensive to buy a big block of tickets than individual tickets so there were some extra tickets for spouses and children. He scarfed up about 3 extra tickets for his drinking buddies.

Those guys guzzled all the beer and were quite obnoxious. I am all for having drunken fun occasionally but not at a work event. That is how I make my living.

Another young guy made a total fool of himself at the Brewer game a year or so later. He was just cashed in and talking smart to the boss. Way too familiar. If he would have been one of my good friends I would have tried to intervene. But he was just a co-worker. I just have no sympathy for people who don't get it.

I have no desire to help people who don't have enough sense to help themselves. That is why I am writing this in this way. You are searching out information, so you will probably get it. You may get organized at work because you actually care.

I do try to guide my kids. But they are children, not adults yet. I see no reason to guide adults. As an adult you need to guide yourself.

Part of guiding yourself is learning what to do and not to do when working.

Regarding the guys at work who don't get much done; I guess it boils down to the fact that they are not qualified to do that type of work.

They just never caught on. They could do it, but it was so slow and so difficult for them. They never seem to be organized at work. They never asked me either. I was right there. My plans, reports and letters are right there on file to refer to. I have had hundreds of successful projects over the last 10 years. Why don't they do it like I do it? It makes no sense.

This is why they are all laid off and I'm still working.

I get the work done, they don't. I am organized at work.

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