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Re: KnowHR: Read This!

The Happy Employee — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:37:07 -0000

Frank, I saw you tweeting "Read This!" and since you don't say such things lightly, I clicked.

I would never have expected to find a link to my blog ;-)

Thanks a lot!

Re: Workplace Challenge: Do YOU Have What it Takes to Give A Great Compliment?

The Happy Employee — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:36:38 -0000

@everybody
We're off to a great start. Thanks for playing along. Now I really need to finish my own contribution.

@gin
Were you afraid I would make you a compliment, so you took preemptive measures ;-)

Re: Workplace Challenge: Do YOU Have What it Takes to Give A Great Compliment?

The Happy Employee — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:28:32 -0000

The annoying employee I have in mind was:
1) making other people look bad by selectively putting the CEO in copy of some emails
2) not taking other people's requests seriously and subtly making them understand that they're idiots
3) blatantly ignoring established HR processes and always managing to look all innocent in the end

My compliment:
I admire your ability to get the CEO's attention to speed up projects you're working on or to kill other projects that you consider a waste of time.
You're very good at saving time by ignoring the processes I'm responsible for. This really pisses me off because it means more headaches for me and wasted time to clean up behind you, but I do respect skill when I see it.

What's funny is that I wouldn't want to work with this person again, but it's always nice to meet him outside of work as he's witty and the topics we discuss are usually very interesting.

@JT
This was my answer to the challenge. What about you ;-)

Re: My Compliment to the World’s Most Evil Co-worker

The Happy Employee — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:51:57 -0000

Okay, you win. You didn't just have an annoying co-worker, but a truly evil one.
Good job also ignoring the bad things and focusing on what she did well, instead of turning the bad into a cynical compliment.

Lets see who else participates...

Re: What A 4-yr Old Can Teach You About Managing Your Boss

The Happy Employee — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:55:29 -0000

Awesome, just awesome!
And so cute ;-)

Re: HATE Your 1st Job Out of College? This S.H.O.T. is for You…

The Happy Employee — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:36:53 -0000

Great slogan, cool acronym and awesome video.

You rock!