Posted by octopusprime on December 16, 2003, at 11:09:24
In reply to Screwing up at work, posted by Susan J on December 16, 2003, at 10:33:35
> But does anyone have any suggestions on how to make myself fire-proof? :-)
asbestos pajamas? ;) i kid, i kid.
well susan i can see why you would procrastinate on such an unpleasant task.
anyway, there are a few ways to make yourself somewhat fire-proof:
1. having specialized (and preferably undocumented) knowledge that nobody else in the organization knows
2. working to save the company money by abolishing useless committees :p
3. being indispensible to the social fabric of the office (your office mate notwithstanding) - if you organize xmas parties, etc., everybody will know you and associate you with a good timeanyway, write that report, and be nice but not overly apologetic about the lateness of speaking arrangement.
i can't comment on whether or not you will be fired, as i'm unfamiliar with your corporate culture. but i know that you are hard on yourself, susan (i've seen it in your other posts), so please try to take the criticisms in stride. it's not personal. and the longer until your evaluation, the more time you have to do something "special" to overshadow this particular incident, and the better your evaluation will be. corporate years are long, and hopefully people in your organization have short memories. :)
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