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–todd williams
1. Come To Work Late.
Unexcused, unexplained tardiness is an easy way to paint a target on your back for termination. Sometimes even, developing the reputation early makes it harder to shake it later after you’ve rectified the behavior, so be aware that eyes are on you and stop it before it becomes a problem.
2. Habitually Break Rules and Ignore Company Policy.
When you were hired, you were given guidelines for the company’s standards and practices. The cliché that ‘rules are meant to broken’ definitely does not apply. Comply to your company’s wishes or expect to be shown the door.
3. Stealing.
This is a fairly obvious mistake to make, but several employees make it. Whether you’re taking money from the company account, taking supplies from the general office, using company resources for your own personal reasons or ‘borrowing’ items from the break room without asking — any one of these can lead to dismissal.
4. Dealing with personal business on company time.
Arguing with your significant other or haggling with that car salesman when you’re supposed to be finishing a project is a definite no-no. Do it before or after work or on your lunch break. If your boss sees that you’re constantly doing your own thing when you’re supposed to be working, he’ll be happy to give you all the time you need to deal with your problems.
5. Refusing to take responsibility
Having a million excuses for why something didn’t get done or was handled incorrectly will only irritate your supervisors/managers. Show that you can handle the demands of a job that’s assigned to you, even if things didn’t turn out the way that they were supposed to. But continually diverting blame will only brighten the spotlight on all of your inadequacies. This includes requiring that someone else motivate you to care about your job. It’s your job.
6. Refusing to cooperate with your team
In most work environments, you’re going to have to work with others. If every time that you’re working closely with colleagues, problems arise — it won’t be long before upper management notices who is the common denominator. You don’t have to like your co-workers, but you share an objective and you can’t let incompatibility get in the way of meeting your goals.
