Lately, I've come across more and more folks who've either seemingly brainwashed others into doing the parts of their jobs that they don't like or who somehow just avoid doing the things they don't like altogether (without getting in trouble for it).
Like an elephant keeper who just doesn't enjoy sweeping up after the elephants... so he doesn't. But he still gets to be an elephant keeper.
A taxi driver who doesn't necessarily want to drive people around.
A gardener who just can't stand dirt.
I recently met someone (not a coworker) who put out a mandate that she doesn't like sitting through PowerPoint presentations--so nobody makes her do it. She's young! She's not in charge! And yet, somehow, she has been able to enforce this ridiculous rule.
Nobody likes sitting through PowerPoint presentations. Nobody.
But, somehow, this woman found a way to get around it.
I see this more and more often.
How do you get a reputation like that?
I want one!
I want to hear someone whisper this about me to someone else as they walk by my desk:
She says she's more productive if she sleeps in until 10:00 and leaves promptly at 5:00 each night, so we just let her do it. Also, always ALWAYS be sure she has a donut waiting on her desk when she walks in at 11:00. You don't want to know what she's like when that donut's not there.
How do I go about this?
Someone tell me, please.
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