Innocent People Breaking Rules at Work
You must make sure that you follow the rules of your workplace if you want to keep your job long term. The behaviors that you have at work might not be things that are written down, but you still need to be careful that you aren’t doing them because you could end up getting fired.
Here are some common mistakes that people make at their jobs:
Gossiping
Are you one of those people that likes to gossip at the water fountain? Talking about your boss or your coworkers might seem fun, but this kind of behavior might get you in trouble.
Even though gossip doesn’t seem like something that could hurt anyone, if this kind of behavior spreads and has your name on it, chances are that you might be considered a bully and can ruin someone else’s reputation. This can cost you your job.
Under Qualified
When you begin working you might think that you are the right person for that role. You might perform your tasks the best that you can only to find out that you are not able to do what you thought you could.
This might leave you having missed deadlines or not having the quality of work that your boss expected. Maybe you are at the point where you don’t know how to work a program, or you are not a good communicator.
Whatever is holding you back, if you are not able to do your job, chances are that they will let you go.
Confidentiality
One of the biggest reasons people lose their job is by letting confidential information get leaked. This can happen in a company and can be a trade secret or information about an employee’s health. Doing this and letting out the information is grounds for being fired.
Complaining
Are you someone that seems to complain all the time? Do you complain when things don’t go your way? Do you complain about your boss and your co-workers? People are under enough stress at their jobs and listening to you complain does not help.
Would you want to have someone working with you that complained all the time? This only makes your job harder and the people around you.
Social Media
If you are someone that has to be on their social media, you might find that you do not have a job much longer. You have to make sure that you are careful about what you are posting and that you are not on social media when you are supposed to be working.
Make sure that when you post something that you are not at work and that you are not having fun on company time.
Online Information
Revealing too much stuff online about your work can cause you to lose your job. Doing this can be against your company policy and can be offensive to their wellbeing.
Make sure that you do not brag about the money that you make or about what you have done in your job and that you don’t talk about things that are wrong in the company.
Using Twitter and other social media is seen by people all over the world and this can cause a conflict of interest if you are saying too much.
Make sure not to raise eyebrows and not to cause your bosses to look down on you for your actions.
Resources
When you use your computer for personal reasons, this is one thing but make sure that you are not using up the workplace resources for your own good. Do not take the paper or print material that you have not asked your boss about.
Just because you work in the company and just because they have a lot of resources does not mean that it belongs to you.
Benefits
If you have employee benefits such as services or discounts, you have to make sure that you are using them for you and that you are not giving them away.
Getting a corporate discount is meant to be for you and your immediate family and not for everyone you know. Make sure that you are using this discount for your own self and that you are not coming up with a plan to get as much as you can from your employer.
If you choose not to follow these things, chances are that you will end up without a job. Avoid doing things that will cost you your job and make sure you think about things from your boss’s point of view.