Re: Dori's post -- working on one thing at a time

[JLShaeffer -at- aol -dot- com]

Dori, Craig, et al. 
 
Please do not get too complacent. Few jobs are lost these days because of  
poor performance in the jobs. 
 
Many positions are eliminated because the positions themselves  are perceived 
as not contributing enough to the organization. 
 
Staying isolated in a writer's cubicle can contribute to lessening the  
perceived value of the work you are doing, no matter how good your performance  
reviews are. 
 
Now, if your performance reviews are based on goals that are connected  
_directly_ to the bottom-line goals of your organization (as they should be),  then 
you are in a better position than many employees whose performance is  judged 
against different standards. 
 
Jim Shaeffer
 
PS
The phrase "contributing enough" is a slippery variable and highly  dependent 
on time and context. 
 
 
In a message dated 3/5/2007 9:01:12 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com writes:

<snip>
Oh yeah, and took flak here at work for "goofing off"  because I'm working at 
my computer, not walking around on the plant floor  enough (in somebody's 
perception).

Rant, grump, so there.

Dori  Green

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Hi Dori,

I too work  on one thing at a time. I too don't walk around our building very 
much. I can  sit right in my cube all day in front of my computer and do 
everything I need  to do. 
<snip>
My manager's manager, the guy who hired me,  stopped by to chat last Friday. 
He's happy with my progress thus far.  Therefore, I'm ecstatic.
<snip>
--  Craig

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