Employers Ranch

                   If you’re a newbie at work, you will be amazed to meet different kinds of people you will work with.  You’ll learn how they manage to do their work to meet the requirements.  Not long, you’ll learn their styles, and you may be tempted to imitate or join them.  Good for you if they are happy dogs.  I just hope they don’t belong to blind snakes.  What! Happy dogs and Blind snakes? Let me introduce them to you.  You’ll meet their workmates too.

                The insidious cockroaches.  They will be good to you at first.  They will kindheartedly greet you in front of your boss but will not talk to you when he’s not around.  You don’t have to worry about this kind of workmate.  The insidious cockroach will not harm you.  However, you should be extra careful about what this one is up to because it might be something about you or something for you.  For example, she might put a dead rat on your drawer once she knew you’re afraid of it.  To be in good terms with the insidious cockroach, know her interest and try to work with her.  Sometimes, this kind of workmates just want attention.

                The smoking piglets.  They are less harmful than the insidious cockroach.  They perform well at work provided that they do their own stuff simultaneously.  They hate serious atmosphere and prefers to break some company rules.  They will not care about you unless you initiated the first move.

                The sloth cats.  You’ll feel better when they argue.  These kind of workmates do great jobs when your boss is around.  Somehow, they are a combination of the two previous types.  You should watch out on them.  They tend to be lazy and easy-going.  They give more importance to themselves than anything else in the workplace, except for salary.

                The voiceless birds.  They are industrious and organized but they prefer to work on their own.  They can anticipate what the first three are devising but they will not speak about it.  They just focus themselves on the tasks assigned and work on it.  They are sometimes impatient to disturbances.

                As I've told you, meet the blind snakes.  The worst kind of workmates are those backstabbers.  They may envy you or your position and will do everything to get into you.  They may be silent.  They may be outspoken.  Some may not even talk to you.  Others may be with you all the time.  What you don’t know, they spy on your working style and find the right time to pull you down.  It’s hard to identify them unless you’re with the voiceless birds or the happy dogs.

Ms. Mary Ann Joy Cedillo,
a reliable
 Library Student Assistant
from Marikina Polytechnic
College

                The happy dogs.  The happy dogs are the average workmates.  They are not too serious and they break minor company rules too.  They do their work happily but they want to be recognized.  They love it when they are the center of attention.  They have goodwill and know how to deal with almost all types of people.  They care for their workmates as long as their own good will not be so much sacrificed.

                What kind of workmate are you?  Whatever it is, remember that one of the most important quality of an employee is reliability.  Your boss should be able to depend on your works and be certain that you could be trusted, even when the boss is absent.