Tips to my younger colleagues

[Anonymous]

Don't ask a more senior colleague for information you yourself can track down easily. It makes you look lazy, uninformed and like someone who doesn't realize her time is less valuable than her senior colleagues' time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't ask a more senior colleague for information you yourself can track down easily. It makes you look lazy, uninformed and like someone who doesn't realize her time is less valuable than her senior colleagues' time.

This!!! Why is her time less valuable? Because you get paid more?

[Anonymous]

Tip for my older colleagues -

Don't assume that just my being less experienced than you generally means that I know less than you across the board. Not all of us kids are useless. Me, I try to treat everyone respectful and be appropriately grateful if someone helps me out, no matter who that person is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tip for my older colleagues -

Don't assume that just my being less experienced than you generally means that I know less than you across the board. Not all of us kids are useless. Me, I try to treat everyone respectful and be appropriately grateful if someone helps me out, no matter who that person is.

I really hope you don't write like this at your job. Your post was 2 sentences long and I had to read 3x to figure out what you were saying.

Please give examples how you, the young and less experienced, know more than me who has worked for the company for X years and have been there done that a 1000x over.

[Anonymous]

Tips for colleagues -
If I'm looking for something you know off the top of your head, why wouldn't I utilize you as a resource? Seems like a much better use of time if you're right there and I ask you for something/information.

Just a thought!

[Anonymous]

tip: If you can not bend over to pick something up, your dress is to short.

tip: don't schedule a meeting if I already have something on my calendar during that time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't ask a more senior colleague for information you yourself can track down easily. It makes you look lazy, uninformed and like someone who doesn't realize her time is less valuable than her senior colleagues' time.

I agree with this somewhat BUT dont be one of those assholes who will not help out with a simple answer once in a while. Its just rude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:tip: If you can not bend over to pick something up, your dress is to short.

tip: don't schedule a meeting if I already have something on my calendar during that time

Don't schedule meetings at 8 AM or 4 PM. Unless it's an emergency. And really, it never is.

[Anonymous]

Tips to my colleagues:

1. Stop asking me to agree with you that this place sucks. I happen to have lucked out with the partner I work for and am really grateful to simply have a job.
2. Stop talking so loudly on your phone. I'm sorry your privates are dry and your husband can't get it up but you're old and I don't want to know that.
3. Please stop microwaving fish.

[Anonymous]

Don't spend all your time trying to be young and cool. You will never be young again and you were never cool in the first place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't ask a more senior colleague for information you yourself can track down easily. It makes you look lazy, uninformed and like someone who doesn't realize her time is less valuable than her senior colleagues' time.

This!!! Why is her time less valuable? Because you get paid more?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tips for colleagues -
If I'm looking for something you know off the top of your head, why wouldn't I utilize you as a resource? Seems like a much better use of time if you're right there and I ask you for something/information.

Just a thought!

Because it makes you seem lazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tip for my older colleagues -

Don't assume that just my being less experienced than you generally means that I know less than you across the board. Not all of us kids are useless. Me, I try to treat everyone respectful and be appropriately grateful if someone helps me out, no matter who that person is.

If it's available on our company intranet, I expect you to ask me instead of sending me an Office Communicator message to look it up for you (!) That's why we have the intranet idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tips for colleagues -
If I'm looking for something you know off the top of your head, why wouldn't I utilize you as a resource? Seems like a much better use of time if you're right there and I ask you for something/information.

Just a thought!

because it's rude, and you could find it in 5 minutes of your time instead of bothering me?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't ask a more senior colleague for information you yourself can track down easily. It makes you look lazy, uninformed and like someone who doesn't realize her time is less valuable than her senior colleagues' time.

I agree with this somewhat BUT dont be one of those assholes who will not help out with a simple answer once in a while. Its just rude.

If you need me to approve something, prepare for it. In other words, read the company policy that concerns the issue. Discuss with your immediate management before bringing it to me.

PS - I get paid more because my time is more valuable. Only someone under 25 would think their time is as valuable as a vice president's.