Your Most Important Job Priority (Trust Me on This)

My friend company, a mid-sized, multi-national corporation, is going through some restructuring. By product of that process, the staff is put through some re-evaluation/soul-searching/identity crisis sort of thing. They each have to list down 5 priorities of their job, so he came to me for help.

Well, since I’m happy at my job (and based on my experiences with my previous jobs), I was more than glad to lend him a hand.

So I recommended the following 10 priorities for him to give his management. I know they asked for five, but by giving 10, it is called being ‘proactive’ and ‘efficient’. Which, by the way, is applicable for ANYONE in ANY JOB in the world:

• Try not to get yourself fired (The very top priority)
  
• Try not to piss off your boss/bosses.
  
• Try not to make enemies with your colleagues (I’ll have to admit this is REALLY hard)
  
• If you need to suck up, don’t make it too obvious. EVERYONE (and may include the one you’re sucking up to) will hate you for it.
  
• If you don’t know, don’t pretend you do.
  
• If it does not involve you, don’t get involved.
  
• Drink less coffee.
  
• Don’t gossip. Everyone will know what you said. Trust me.
  
• The boss’ driver and secretary are the two most important people you should be buddies with.
  

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