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What are some passive-aggressive power plays you do at the office to get the edge?
What are some passive-aggressive power plays you do at the office to get the edge?
11-14-2016, 11:15 AM
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What are some passive-aggressive power plays you do at the office to get the edge?
-Whenever my manager asks me to schedule a meeting that seems useless, I aim for either 8.00 am or 4.30 pm and say nothing else was available.
-Whenever I need some info. / cooperation from another department, I always CC the most senior manager in that department and flag my mail 'Urgent'.
-Always start e-mails with the first name of the recipient. Dropping salutations gives more serious tone to your message.
-Always arrive 10 minutes early and leave 10 minutes later after the manager.
-Drop your co-workers from important mail chains to keep them out of the loop. If manager asks them something they are supposed to know, they will be caught off-guard.
-Accumulate your PTO days and take every Friday off till the end of the year. 4-day work week FTW.
-When you finish your work/projects before the deadline, pretend you are still working on it so you don't get assigned more work.
-Never take extra load off your co-workers plate. Let them deal with it or fall behind and sink.
I need more ideas gentlemen. It's a cut-throat world out there.
-Whenever I need some info. / cooperation from another department, I always CC the most senior manager in that department and flag my mail 'Urgent'.
-Always start e-mails with the first name of the recipient. Dropping salutations gives more serious tone to your message.
-Always arrive 10 minutes early and leave 10 minutes later after the manager.
-Drop your co-workers from important mail chains to keep them out of the loop. If manager asks them something they are supposed to know, they will be caught off-guard.
-Accumulate your PTO days and take every Friday off till the end of the year. 4-day work week FTW.
-When you finish your work/projects before the deadline, pretend you are still working on it so you don't get assigned more work.
-Never take extra load off your co-workers plate. Let them deal with it or fall behind and sink.
I need more ideas gentlemen. It's a cut-throat world out there.
11-14-2016, 11:16 AM
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11-14-2016, 11:18 AM
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Op acting like he got a cushy office job.
Just lmao. Get back to stocking retail boyo. Im sure the email about the low stock in paper towels was so urgent
Just lmao. Get back to stocking retail boyo. Im sure the email about the low stock in paper towels was so urgent
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11-14-2016, 11:20 AM
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Hopefully I don't have to deal with *******s like you in the workplace.
11-14-2016, 11:21 AM
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Op does all this chit and then takes every Friday off making him look like a chump.
Edit- if you add real value and are good at what you do then you don't need all this BS.
Edit- if you add real value and are good at what you do then you don't need all this BS.
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11-14-2016, 11:23 AM
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As a tradie I don't need to stab my fellow man in the back to get ahead. Op probably making 30k/yr doing this
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11-14-2016, 11:28 AM
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Steal essential components of work appliances and when everyone is frenking out guess who swoops in to save the day?
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11-14-2016, 11:31 AM
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Sad part is, I can actually think of someone at my job that does each of these things. One person in particular hits multiple points without even trying. Makes me rage all the time.
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11-14-2016, 11:34 AM
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Never do anything when asked, add it to your calendar for later.
11-14-2016, 11:35 AM
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That's some truly terrible advice. A good manager sees right through all that. The one about copying the most senior manager is a good way to allienate everyone in the office. You never know who you will end up working for/with
11-14-2016, 11:37 AM
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lol I would fire you.
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11-14-2016, 11:37 AM
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make sure to chit on company time
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11-14-2016, 11:39 AM
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I just look busy and irritated all the time
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11-14-2016, 11:39 AM
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Go over minor details in meeting topics like its the most important part of the meeting.
11-14-2016, 11:40 AM
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-Instead of using urinals, use the stall and urinate all over the seat. This will frustrate your co-workers even more while you are keeping your cool.
-Crop-dust in different departments if you are on the other side of the office.
-Crop-dust in different departments if you are on the other side of the office.
11-14-2016, 11:44 AM
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i take last of the coffee and leave the coffee grounds for the peasants to clean up
if i use up all of the printing paper, i just leave enough to finish what i needed, then leave it empty
if i use up all of the printing paper, i just leave enough to finish what i needed, then leave it empty
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11-14-2016, 11:46 AM
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put tape under my co workers laser mouse
invert the images on peoples computers
invert the images on peoples computers
11-14-2016, 11:48 AM
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OP sounds like the guy that has to change his group of friends every 6 months.
11-14-2016, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted By Bassackwards⏩
This is a good one.if i use up all of the printing paper, i just leave enough to finish what i needed, then leave it empty
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-Always delegate your IT related problems (password change, software updates, etc.) to the help desk. It will take a good amount of time before they fix it, so you won't have to work during that time.
11-14-2016, 11:49 AM
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only pu55ies and women get away with being passive aggressive. which one r u, OP?
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11-14-2016, 12:09 PM
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-Assign your basic responsibilities to interns to the load off your own shoulders.
-Oversell your company to interns so they actually try and do your work properly.
-Invite new interns for drinks once in a while, but never pay for them.
-Oversell your company to interns so they actually try and do your work properly.
-Invite new interns for drinks once in a while, but never pay for them.
11-14-2016, 12:15 PM
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Flirt with all of your coworkers
11-14-2016, 12:25 PM
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11-14-2016, 12:26 PM
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LMAO OP - I'm guilty of some of those.
I like to troll the FUK out of plebs who put a read receipt on their emails. I read the email in a preview pane then delete it.
Within 2 seconds of doing that I get a call "why have you deleted my email without reading it??????!!!?!?!11"
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Another good one is building stupidly complicated spreadsheets or access queries for people then purposefully causing an error just before you go on 2 weeks vacation.
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I like to troll the FUK out of plebs who put a read receipt on their emails. I read the email in a preview pane then delete it.
Within 2 seconds of doing that I get a call "why have you deleted my email without reading it??????!!!?!?!11"
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Another good one is building stupidly complicated spreadsheets or access queries for people then purposefully causing an error just before you go on 2 weeks vacation.
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fist yourself
11-14-2016, 12:26 PM
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this catches up to you eventually.... non tradie checking in
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