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Mblue
#21 Posted : Tuesday, March 20, 2012 12:50:30 PM
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chemos wrote:
Reminds me of that Storo for the Omera nad Odiero in Coasto... baby SakLaughing out loudly Laughing out loudly


Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
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accelriskconsult
#22 Posted : Tuesday, March 20, 2012 2:26:09 PM
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mapozi wrote:
@Oaks would you mind sharing a bit of your experience?



Mapozi, Some of the complaints that bosses usually have are;

(i) Non-escalation of issues arising during your day to day work. That includes challenges. Escalation keeps the boss in the loop so (s)he finds a way to manage his boss' expectations and also to develop strategies on how to protect the people who report to him/her.

(2) Persistent missing of deadlines. Deadlines are a simplified communication of what your boss expects. You can miss one but you better tell your boss in advance that you will miss it and why you will miss it. Too many missed deadlines and you are in problems.

(3) Poor quality work. While difficult to explain, evaluation is based on whether what you delivered helps all stakeholders meet their needs. So at the outset, ask questions and make sure that the objectives of performing a task are understood. When done with your work, document the results in an easy to understand manner. Place yourself in the shoes of the report readers, read the report and evaluate whether it communicates exactly what you want to communicate.

(4) Fear of constructive criticism. Your boss will expect you to listen to criticism, learn and employ the learning points in future assignments.


Sorry have to go. But I can help.
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Impunity
#23 Posted : Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:25:54 PM
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Suck harder.
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McReggae
#24 Posted : Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:15:21 PM
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Impunity wrote:
Suck harder.


Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
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Drunkard
#25 Posted : Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:33:09 PM
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... suck at your job? Wait a minute, if you're making mandazi and you suck at it then thats understandable otherwise from what I know no one suck at their job, they could be slow or late and thats common for manual jobs but for something you use your brain? If you suck at it, you either didn't take required training or you have a fundamental problem e.g you're valueing derivatives when you only went to school to be an english teacher, otherwise no one I have worked with suck at what they do, you find one person better than the other but non suck! Help me understand!
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mapozi
#26 Posted : Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:04:36 PM
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@Drunkard, I think was probably being compared to someone else.
@accelriskconsult,your post has been of tremendous help but I gather you meant you could be of more help your final sentence. If so, my contacts are mapozi0404@gmail.com, if you would be so kind as to get in touch with me.
@all others who are having a laugh out of this, glad to be a source of comic relief and I am not being or trying to be sarcastic, I mean it.
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#27 Posted : Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:49:43 PM
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mapozi wrote:
Summoned,told 'you suck at your job'. Not fired. Next step?



If you sucked at your job you'd know without being told. Do you struggle more than others to get things done? Are you passionate? Would you do it without a pay?

You see, you could be in the wrong career so it would be good if you start looking for what you're passionate doing as everyone has something they are very very good at. Keep looking as this 8-4-4 taught us to do everything hence nothing.

BBI will solve it :)
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mapozi
#28 Posted : Friday, March 23, 2012 11:44:02 AM
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@2012,
For sure I am looking but in the mean time I have decided to do my best and be interested in what puts bread on my table. But for real I need to look because my future does not lay here.
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karqui
#29 Posted : Monday, March 26, 2012 2:36:42 PM
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MaichBlack wrote:
mapozi wrote:
Instinct is to quit but haven't gotten another job yet, and my side job(tutoring) hasn't picked up yet.

Don't quit!!!

This is my take. If they told you that you suck in writing then there is a possibility they are laying the ground work for your eventual firing. If they told you verbally [which is what you say they did] then they simply want you to improve - and they are hoping you do. Actually as someone said, they might actually be grooming you for a promotion. 90% of bosses will never tell you "I am grooming you for this and that...". They simply expose you to opportunities, push you to the max [to see how you would operate under pressure], give you challenging assignments - short notice and all etc. If you crack, there goes the promotion. If you step up, you rise so fast it will blow your mind.

This is what you do. Have a sit down with your boss. And you have to be the one who requests for the meeting this time round! Request him to explain what he feels you haven't been doing right and how he would rather you did it. Explain to him how you are planning to remedy the situation and ask him for his advice including courses you can enroll into if necessary. Follow what you had agreed upon to the letter and after a month or two ask him how you are fairing. You might end up heading the company one day.

Some bosses are mentors while some are just a pain in the... Your boss might be the former. He might just have seen a diamond in the rough and he wants to refine it and you are busy trying to quit!


Thanks for these eye opener.I have endured these for almost a month and was too on the verge of surrender.
Long leave wazua brains.
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chemos
#30 Posted : Monday, March 26, 2012 2:40:57 PM
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karqui wrote:
MaichBlack wrote:
mapozi wrote:
Instinct is to quit but haven't gotten another job yet, and my side job(tutoring) hasn't picked up yet.

Don't quit!!!

This is my take. If they told you that you suck in writing then there is a possibility they are laying the ground work for your eventual firing. If they told you verbally [which is what you say they did] then they simply want you to improve - and they are hoping you do. Actually as someone said, they might actually be grooming you for a promotion. 90% of bosses will never tell you "I am grooming you for this and that...". They simply expose you to opportunities, push you to the max [to see how you would operate under pressure], give you challenging assignments - short notice and all etc. If you crack, there goes the promotion. If you step up, you rise so fast it will blow your mind.

This is what you do. Have a sit down with your boss. And you have to be the one who requests for the meeting this time round! Request him to explain what he feels you haven't been doing right and how he would rather you did it. Explain to him how you are planning to remedy the situation and ask him for his advice including courses you can enroll into if necessary. Follow what you had agreed upon to the letter and after a month or two ask him how you are fairing. You might end up heading the company one day.

Some bosses are mentors while some are just a pain in the... Your boss might be the former. He might just have seen a diamond in the rough and he wants to refine it and you are busy trying to quit!


Thanks for these eye opener.I have endured these for almost a month and was too on the verge of surrender.
Long leave wazua brains.
Pray Pray Pray Pray Pray



kwani umepata promotion..
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karqui
#31 Posted : Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:17:34 PM
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chemos wrote:
karqui wrote:
MaichBlack wrote:
mapozi wrote:
Instinct is to quit but haven't gotten another job yet, and my side job(tutoring) hasn't picked up yet.

Don't quit!!!

This is my take. If they told you that you suck in writing then there is a possibility they are laying the ground work for your eventual firing. If they told you verbally [which is what you say they did] then they simply want you to improve - and they are hoping you do. Actually as someone said, they might actually be grooming you for a promotion. 90% of bosses will never tell you "I am grooming you for this and that...". They simply expose you to opportunities, push you to the max [to see how you would operate under pressure], give you challenging assignments - short notice and all etc. If you crack, there goes the promotion. If you step up, you rise so fast it will blow your mind.

This is what you do. Have a sit down with your boss. And you have to be the one who requests for the meeting this time round! Request him to explain what he feels you haven't been doing right and how he would rather you did it. Explain to him how you are planning to remedy the situation and ask him for his advice including courses you can enroll into if necessary. Follow what you had agreed upon to the letter and after a month or two ask him how you are fairing. You might end up heading the company one day.

Some bosses are mentors while some are just a pain in the... Your boss might be the former. He might just have seen a diamond in the rough and he wants to refine it and you are busy trying to quit!


Thanks for these eye opener.I have endured these for almost a month and was too on the verge of surrender.
Long leave wazua brains.
Pray Pray Pray Pray Pray



kwani umepata promotion..


@chemos,
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Wendz
#32 Posted : Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:24:10 PM
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karqui wrote:
MaichBlack wrote:
mapozi wrote:
Instinct is to quit but haven't gotten another job yet, and my side job(tutoring) hasn't picked up yet.

Don't quit!!!

This is my take. If they told you that you suck in writing then there is a possibility they are laying the ground work for your eventual firing. If they told you verbally [which is what you say they did] then they simply want you to improve - and they are hoping you do. Actually as someone said, they might actually be grooming you for a promotion. 90% of bosses will never tell you "I am grooming you for this and that...". They simply expose you to opportunities, push you to the max [to see how you would operate under pressure], give you challenging assignments - short notice and all etc. If you crack, there goes the promotion. If you step up, you rise so fast it will blow your mind.

This is what you do. Have a sit down with your boss. And you have to be the one who requests for the meeting this time round! Request him to explain what he feels you haven't been doing right and how he would rather you did it. Explain to him how you are planning to remedy the situation and ask him for his advice including courses you can enroll into if necessary. Follow what you had agreed upon to the letter and after a month or two ask him how you are fairing. You might end up heading the company one day.

Some bosses are mentors while some are just a pain in the... Your boss might be the former. He might just have seen a diamond in the rough and he wants to refine it and you are busy trying to quit!


Thanks for these eye opener.I have endured these for almost a month and was too on the verge of surrender.
Long leave wazua brains.
Pray Pray Pray Pray Pray


And then we wont have any brains anymore.....
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Marty
#33 Posted : Tuesday, April 17, 2012 10:25:37 AM
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I got a boss who keeps throwing every other assignment at me. Wondered what's up with him coz even the other colleagues noted so. One day, over a beer he told me he was actually grooming me as an exit strategy for him, succession plan he called it. That is the time everything seemed to fall in place.
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