Best ways to lose a customer
I have been in the software business for ten years now.half of it as a developer .,sitting in the office writing code.and half of it as a professional services.sitting in the customer office writing code...... my boss told me i had to fligh to a customer in 3 days.destination eastern europe-slovenia.no problem.told my familiy to prepare and i started working on this flight.the customer asked us to install a new core banking solutiun we provide.at the end of the first day of preaperation i sent a half detaild document explaining the meeting activityes we plan.there was statement there (in a 10 ...
Human Resource Department-COWARDS!
[The Human Resource department is sometimes referred as one of the new aspects of working place that developed in the 20th century. It's doesn't mean the HR aspect wasn't referred earlier but the all concept of throwing the truth in our face wasn't then. HR says people are resources just like any other resource in the planet. i broke a glass, i buy one new. I don't like a specific worker-i get rid of him with nice excuses like performances issue, loyalty issues or whatever an employer can came up with and get a new one with less payment. Unions are one ...
using agile and scrum the correct way
Agile and scrum are the new methods every company want to have on one side, but on the other not all of them know how to use it correctly. In this article I'm going to give my 2 cents regarding what can went wrong and how it should be taken into consideration if you planning to take your company the agile / scrum way. Agile and scrum are the new buzz words each company wants to associate itself with ,as for some reason they companies tend to take what they see and might suit them but they forget one important issue ...
how to get ready for a job interview
The time has come (once again) and you starts to look for a new job....as this step requires your skills as office survivor as you have to use your brain in order to "vanish" from work and in order to get the answers you want and most chances the interviewer don't want to tell you. This article deals mostly in the part of getting what you need to know, but I'll put some effort on using some office politics to allow you goes to interviews while you are working. The hardest things to do while you work is to mostly to answer ...
How to handle angry opponent-main classic strategy
Introduction We all face anger. It’s a basic feeling when something went wrong, broke and the feeling of frustration griping you and eventually you take it our at someone or he takes it out on you. It can pop up in our working time and in our private life. Anger can come with different forms such as yelling, shouting, sarcasm, resent and more. A common situation for the office employer is when an angry fellow, member of the staff or supervisor, or a customer use his anger on you. It can be by an angry phone call or bursting to you office. ...
Getting a raise-6th preliminary actions before the battle
Introduction We have several articles about the main issue of getting a raise, so, I have decided to add my two cents articles which will try to summarize in key point several of the tactics one should follow to get the desired raise. Some organizations, pay increases are tied automaticly to level and years of experience. In others regular salary reviews are held with individual employees. Elsewhere, little will happen unless the employee takes the imitative. If you are in this position, and you want to remain with your existing employer, here are some essential advices for getting that next pay increase. The Golden ...
Social networking pitfalls –3 rules of precaution
This article is a sequel a previous article I have wrote: http://www.theofficesurvivor.com/2009/11/using-social-networking-for-your-office-survival/ One of the buzz word today is networking, as you can find different type of social networking sites such as linkedin (www.linkedin.com), twitter (www.twitter.com) , facebook (www.facebook.com) or any other social networking that answer your needs. It’s a known fact (almost) that everyone […]
Office Politics-Wars Guide to the new Employee
Searching a new office to work at , is a hard job. You always know from where you are coming, but you never know where you are going to be just like a blind date. As a new comer-the new employee in the office playground, you aren’t aware of the different office-politics that exists and […]
Office Politics –Getting Back on Errant Friend
This article is about vengeance. Two different backgrounds for this article are: You and your best buddy are friends over 15 years now. You two came a long way:you shared some hard time, fights, fun, trips, and women. You name it. At one point in life we all made some changes. One of them can be relocation to […]
Office Politics Example-Eric Mistake Survivor Samoa
One of the best episodes in Survivor Samoa was episode 8, when Eric Got voted out blind sided without using his hidden immunity idol. i will start by describing the flow of events and then analyse the “office politics” mistake, Eric did. Episode 8 was was a major point because it was the first elimination for […]
Going on a “blind date” with customers
I have read a nice article that define meeting with customers as a blind date, the translation is tend to be as much close to the original. All credit are to Yaniv Zaid (linkedin page: http://il.linkedin.com/in/yanivzaid), owner and CEO of “The art of persuasion”. Original article can be found at themarker: http://cafe.themarker.com/view.php?t=1382261 . First meeting […]
Office politics on Survivor 19 | Russell First Lesson-Samoa ep 1
Survivor Samoa-the 19 game in survivors TV show series presented one of the excellent player-Russell H. Russell started the game with a blast of actions-lies,multiple alliances and more lies. because of this unique player we decided to write a couple of articles where we will describe his tactics –which he learned from the daily life-and […]
How to use office politics to become a real manager
Office Politics requires unique of out of the box thinking. Survive in the office politics, requires from the employee special behavior. The office survivor makes strategy for the long run, using tactics in short term, You work at the office a few years, familiar with your surroundings, knowing the pitfalls and how to attack certain things-this […]
I need the compensation – tactic 3
Once again you came to the conclusion you need the compensation money, as you might have guts to pull acts as described earlier you don’t want to have a bad name. Well there is another tactic you can use , but it’s all depends on you ‚most chances after doing this little act – you’ll probably […]
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