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How To Stop Working And Go Home At Night No one likes sharing small talk with strangers. It’s awkward, boring, and it seems like you’re just rattling off the same sentences every time. Blogger Emilie Wapnick shows us that it doesn’t have to be that bad: all you need to do is share a small detail of your life to take the conversation for kill-me-now boring to interesting.
Taking a proper lunch break where you actually get up from your desk and relish your food may seem like a wondrous myth. On the other hand, maybe that half hour or hour is best spent eating at the desk.
Working with the same people everyday can be tough, but if you’re behaving poorly, it makes things even worse. If you’re not sure if you’re doing something annoying, the Wall Street Journal has put together a list of the most common things that make coworkers hate you.
Hard work and competence should be rewarded, but that’s not always what happens. Sometimes, when you do great work at a company, you not only get shafted but kicked to the kerb. Jeffrey Steele, writing for personal finance blog Five Cent Nickel, offers up a cautionary tale about being too competent.
Don’t feel like you’re ever getting the most out of your annual leave? Fast Company notes that for many companies who’ve adjusted their annual leave policies, productivity is through the roof.
No matter how much time you spend planning a project, it’s inevitable that you’ll run into a problem outside of your control. Productivity blog Unclutterer recommends you set up a contingency plan for botched workdays or missed deadlines.
Most of us probably know someone who has sat in a team meeting, looked at someone’s idea on a whiteboard, and proclaimed “That’s impossible! Can’t be done!” without even listening. That’s just one of the phrases that Ask Men suggests you avoid at the office to keep your professional cred intact and your boss happy with your attitude.
Dear Lifehacker, I went for a job interview, and everything went well, but when I got home the hiring manager had sent me a friend request on Facebook and LinkedIn. What should I do? I know some people have got their jobs through Twitter, and he seems like a nice guy, but I feel a little creeped out. Should I accept his friend request? What if I get hired and this is normal for everyone who works there? What should I do? Sincerely, Slightly Antisocial
Dear Lifehacker, I’m concerned that I’m being monitored at work, but I’m not sure how to tell. I don’t think my employers have installed anything on my computer, but does that matter? Also, if I am being monitored, is there anything I can do about it? I’m not really doing anything wrong, but I don’t like anyone looking over my shoulder.
Finding out that you’re the lowest paid person on your team even though you do the same (or more!) work than your colleagues is a pretty discouraging discovery. If you do find out, you should definitely bring it up with your manager if you think they’re sympathetic and can do something about the discrepancy. How you do it, however, makes the difference between getting a raise or not.
