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It seemed that by trying to make his boss look good , Syd, could never do well. Even though Syd persisted in applying the “Golden Rule” to his own workplace. Jesus said ” Do to others as you would have them do to you” ( Lk 6:31). Treating his boss as Syd himself would like to treated was all in the guise of working towards building a good and better relationship. Relationships with what psycopaths and morons . Its as if the inmates had taken over the asylum. It was all a lost cause to Syd, the worker. Smile away, pretend that he enjoyed his job, all in the guise of getting a promotion to enjoy the perks and privileges of management – do no work , tell others what to do , always blame others yet like a politician take automatic credit for any events or numbers that came in a positive way or trend. The amazing parts are that here we have Syd , a fellow with a drinking problem – driving dui to work, putting in little of any effective efforts and achieving little results, passed out most of the day from the party before, and all because he was not present mentally to cause any problems , and most importantly not challenge “Potatohead” on his lovely ideas and plans. At the most Syd might of mildly and meekly said “now that idea has merit “ or “those ideas should be further studied for implementation as they have great merits”. In the end Syd gets promoted not because of any skills , merits , credentials or performance reviews but only because 1) he never drew attention to himself in any manner – especially negative manner 2) he had a smile on his face on his way to work every morning which his boss noticed. Rather amazing.
At the end of the road for all his troubles and efforts Syd was promoted to a position in management where his major perk was a fully stocked bar fridge.
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By trying to make his boss look good you may well be applying the “golden rule” to the workplace. In traditional (normal / respectful) value systems the “Golden Rule” is held as “do not do what is hurtful to yourself to others” or “treat other people as you would like to be treated”. Another simple description in the English language is “treat others as you would like to be treated”. However with many management deviants the “Golden Rule” that they proudly exclaim and pronounce with a smirk of “power” is “The Rules are Golden and they are MY RULES” .
Here is a case in point concerning “Syd”/ Syd told me some time later about one of the little things that set his boss apart from others.
Syd’s boss – “Old Potatohead” usually arrived early for work at his office which overlooked the staff parking lot . This meant that Potatohead could see the employees as they walked from their cars into the office plant building. What Syd recalled was that the boss remarked to him , more than once , that when Syd was arriving at work in the morning that he always had a smile on his face and thus there was something more than special in the attitude of this one employee – Syd.
As they say “Monkey See, Monkey do”. Guess who got promoted to management level. Syd a poor guy with a drinking problem who would arrive to work in the morning still feeling “no pain”.
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