wow, i must have the World’s Greatest Job. i take it none of you people work for research groups.
i hope i never have to work in a job with more than one level of management. everyone i work with likes each other (there are only about 15 of us total), and we all actually want to do our job well.
i guess it helps when you see the benefits of doing your job better the same way the people you work for see them (i work in medical research, and when i do something particularly well, it may mean that someone’s hip replacement is going to be performed much better than it might’ve been).
interesting reading, this. i have a friend who works in an office, and she and her dad are always discussing the politics of the place. it’s really foreign to me, but terribly interesting. she seems to be doing very well based half on a very high level of competence, and a personality that no one can hate. also, she is very direct. no one likes a passive-aggressive person, and bosses apparently love employees who don’t bring all of their problems to management.