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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The slacker 40 year employee probably knows where the office bodies are buried. Document everything, but proceed with caution.

As a manager, I dealt with this problem by establishing an office rule - telephones must be answered by the third ring (except for extraordinary circumstances).

Some employees were miffed, but the personal calls and office chit chat went down and productivity went up.[/quote]

She might, but we have office turnover every 18+ months, so even so, it wouldn't matter because our supervisors dont stay our supervisors very long (nature of the beast).

The office rule used to be answer by the 2nd ring, before I got here, but during a turnover period, the other employee got that rule overturned.  I don't agree with office chit chat being banned, etc.  We have a relatively collegial environment and I think the office being so small benefits from a collegial environment - people chat, but are productive (most are here way more than 8 hours), the issue is the personal calls cutting in to productivity.  I email my husband/friends while I'm at work, but I can multitask, or leave the emails to respond to later when I have a more free moment.  Assuming one gets all their work done, that doesn't bother me at all - but I think I have a different view of work than most people, seeing as how my work day doesn't end when I leave the office (blackberry).  It's a give and take.  Some people just choose to take a lot more, it seems, which is frustrating.[/quote]

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