This comes from Business Insider. A fellow WSOer posted it elsewhere so I apologize for double-poaching, but I think that while the article's rules may not be universally applicable, it makes some good points. Do you guys think about these things?
When it comes to how you're judged at work, you might think that the quality of your work is all that matters. But human perceptions are a lot more complicated than that, and you might send signals that you don't realize or intend.Here are five of the top ways that you inadvertently send signals about yourself at work – and how your boss and co-workers might read them.
1. Whom you hang out with at work. No matter how good your work is, if you're always hanging around co-workers who only do the bare minimum, have a complaint about everything or don't get along well with their managers, you're likely to be perceived as sharing those same traits – even if you don't. Likewise, if you spend time with the office's high achievers, you're likely to be perceived as having a similar work ethic and values (and those things can rub off on you in reality too).
2. What time you leave each day. If you watch the clock and leave every day at 5 p.m. on the dot, prepare to be seen as someone not especially committed to work, and only putting in what's absolutely required. That can impact you when it's time for raises and promotions. On the other hand, if you always stay hours longer than everyone else, you might be seen as committed – but you might instead be seen as someone struggling to handle her workload. Better than each of these is a more balanced approach – not running out the door at the stroke of 5 each day, but leaving around the same time most other people do.
read the rest at http://www.businessinsider.com/what-signals-are-you-sending-at-work-201…
Originally posted on askamanager.org
So true, working in a corporate environment all of these rules apply.
My desk was like a small mountain of papers and everything was strewn about. Never stopped me.
Fixed for i-Banking: "Don't run out the door at the stroke of 1 am every day."
What is the appropriate office decor?
I worked at a company that was business casual (khakis and collared shirt). I like ties--I LOVE ties--and I used to where khakis, a collared shirt with the top button undone and a classic tie. Definitely VERY casual look. I used to get hounded every day about it and I could tell my boss didn't appreciate it. Eventually I was pressured into not wearing ties anymore. This is the multifamily capital group of one of the nation's largest banks in a huge corporate office building. This wasn't Google...
My buddy at a company I worked at before the above used to shop at Marshall's but he knew how to pick out clothes. He looked great in them. Nice shirt, nice pants, nice ties, well fitted. His entire "outfit" might cost $50 + $60 pair of shoes. After he was laid off my boss told me that one of the reasons he wasn't well liked was because he wore really expensive clothes to work even though he was an analyst and probably couldn't afford those clothes. Said he came off like he had drug money. I was like, "Uhh, Paul, you know pretty much every piece of clothing in his wardrobe is from Marshall's, right?"
My point is that it feels like even in finance there's this giant cultural pressure toward almost sloppy casual. Now that I'm the boss it's business professional. No exceptions. Actually, business eccentric is acceptable (like eccentric shoes, glasses or ties, so long as it looks good).
People think everything you wear is expensive as long as it actually fits and you understand the basics of colors and fabrics.
The highest paid guy here who isn't the founder has probably been seen outside of his office 3 times in the past 10 years, the entire office is covered floor to ceiling in stacks of papers, and you see him so infrequently that you'd never be able to even reliably guess what kind of clothes he's wearing on any given day
That actually sounds kind of sad to me
Business Insider is trash. Dress neatly and professionally. Have an office filled with paper and shit. Don't be the 1st out of the office until you've put in your dues. Keep the personal shit limited. I have only what I can carry in my two hands in my office. You get fired or laid off and the last thing you want is to be a weepy pussy with a box taking down your posters and pictures.
Office = work
Home = pictures
Leave when you are done.....if you are producing results, they will speak louder to your superiors than how late you are in the office.....wtf if I went into the zone and crushed whatever I needed to do by 6pm why the hell do I have to stick around until 10pm...people who like to see face time just for the sake of it must have no life.
best piece of career advice:
Ignore any article on linkedin / business insider / other random shitty business magazine, possibly do the opposite
This isn't geared towards Wall Street. This is geared towards the majority of people working in "normal" corporate environments. It's solid advice for those people.
It actually is
That's an awesome place to work!!!
Little late to the party, but I had an accounting professor in UG who'd never wear pants while he was in his office. Not sure what kind of signal that sends? I personally thought it was hysterical. His office also always looked like it had just been ransacked by burglars.
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