Workplace Oddities

The workplace is odd because:

• If the team's long-term goal is the equivalent of New York City, you may have some team members who are tirelessly working to get to L.A.
• Your best work can go unnoticed while your slightly-above-average work gets a commendation.
• Job descriptions often accurately reflect many jobs, just not the ones they are supposed to describe.
• The hardest workers do the least bragging.
• Literacy is a common requirement, but reading between the lines can determine success.
• Many regard the corner office as a sign of success and yet it often represents the beginning of decline.
• The higher the floors, the thinner the candor.
• They may be called "minutes" but they are frequently read in less than a minute.