My boss clearly has people that are his favorites.
It feels like a high school cafeteria when I sit in the break room with all of these 25 year old children.
There are a ton of employees that get away with doing the absolute bare minimum. I’ve watched these people work for years. They kiss up to the boss and tell the guy that he is smart and funny. Next thing you know, they end up with a corner office. I hate to see everyone playing politics, and I try not to get in the middle of things. I started at this company working in the mailroom and now I work at the executive level. I had to work hard to get to this point in my life. I’ve had an office on the 5th floor for a while. Before I had my own office, I had to argue with my co-workers about the indoor temperature. I constantly had to deal with people adjusting the thermostat to make it cold and frigid inside of the office. Now that I have my own office, I can adjust the temperature in any way I want. I have control over the indoor temperatures using a thermostat that is connected to a ductless mini-split HVAC unit. When I think about all of the hard work that is not completed by the other employees, I remind myself that I have an office of my own with climate control. I might not be the boss’s favorite, but I’m definitely not at the bottom of the list.