Ah yes, your old job. You did it how? A better way you say? A different way than we do it here?
Thank you. Now go to back to your old job.
Few things show immaturity in a professional setting like referring to the way things were done at an old job of yours. I’m sure your old job was a pleasant work experience and you would much rather still be working there, but you’re not. You work here. Now learn to do it our way and like it.
I don’t want to hear one thing about how you used to do things at your old job. I’m not alone. This makes all of your co-workers sick and you are supposed to be trying to make friends with them. You are not supposed to be unifying them into hating someone other than me. I am the one that is supposed to be hated, not you.
I don’t care if you did that diffrently at your old job or not, that’s the way it works here.
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The funny thing is, most companies search and advertise for someone with lots of experience, in whatever position they’re trying to fill. Then, the first day you learn that all your experience is worthless because you have to learn the ‘Way We Do It Here’. They might just as well take someone from a park bench, and train him from scratch.
ArtW on July 31st, 2007 at 9:27 am | Link
I am regularly recruited to work at other locations, if they recruit me and are paying me a high premium they better take my suggestions. Sometimes using the old job as a real world example is good, I agree not to dwell on it in topics, but if you are brought in for your expertise and not listened to; then they don’t respect you at your new job and you might as well start looking for one where they will.
HireEmployee on July 31st, 2007 at 1:11 pm | Link
I couldnt agree more when they hire you for your experience and are unwilling to listen to your ideas might as well keep looking. Don’t bo so arraogant as to think the way you do it here is the only way, the only allowable way, the best way etc. take suggestions and develop methodologies gaining from the experience of others. Many companies pay big dollars for consultants and conduct industrial espionage to get the ideas of other people and other companies.
Mark on August 2nd, 2007 at 1:56 pm | Link
How incredibly arrogant. Ideas may actually be better, and may help your business but you aren’t willing to acknowledge them? Wow, you and your design/admin team must get on lovely.
Clare on June 11th, 2008 at 8:12 pm | Link