Saturday, November 12, 2011
week 13: Class Discussion Q3
A topic that really caught my attention was that of Workplace Relationships and I think I liked this topic was because I know exactly what they are talking about. Like the book said, you do not get to choose your co workers, you are all put there to complete a task but at the same time you tend to form a relationship with these people because you are with them for 8-10 hours a day. I worked at a job where we were all really close within our department and we all had a lot in common and those friendships moved outside of the workplace but I have also worked in situations where I worked well with people but I would never hang out or form a close relationship with them outside of work. Also I did realize that we only conversed and formed relationships with the people in our depts and never people up in higher level positions. I guess its just natural for people to stay within their own area of a company because we all have the same task at hand.
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Workplace relationships are different in every workplace. I know mine is that of a dysfunctional family. Though they all want to be liked or paid attention too they still gossip and "nit-pick." Some seem to only know relationships which are at work. (I believe it is because they do not have many relationships, if any, outside of work). Further discussion in the chapter, touches on separation of work and personal life. This is important, I believe, because personal issues can blind the employee as well as employer and in turn, have a negative effect on the organization. When personal issues interfere with organization productivity the organization could fail. So keeping personal relationships outside of the workplace, I believe is important. This line is thin and can be up for interpretation but there is a line and it cannot be ignored.
ReplyDeleteThat topic also caught my attention. I used to work at an after school program with 9 other people. Out of those 9 people, 6 of us were the ones who were in charge of the kids, 2 people were the ones who helped around and 1 person was the leader. Of course, the 6 of us all formed relationships and 2 of my best friends were my co-workers. But like any job, once relationships are formed outside of the work place, drama follows and everything at work becomes awkward. But the one thing we all shared was that we disliked the boss!
ReplyDeleteThat concept is so true. I recently started working at a new job. I am much younger that my coworkers and did not think that I would have much in common with them. After a few weeks, I found that the age differences were not an issue. We had other commonalities that came out during conversations. Even with 20-30 years difference in age, there are so many things that we can talk about. I guess when people are placed in a work environment, they have to find a way to make things work out. It makes it more pleasant for everybody.
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