Office politics …… being a good listener
Ahhh……the age old office politics.
Though being new in this company, I felt & observe there are many politics going on. Well, I am not getting myself involved and certainly tried to avoid it as much as I can.
IMO. Customers is the ultimate person to decide if you’re a excellent worker. Customers’ words have the ultimate bearing on our performance, our salary, our feel good feeling. There is no need to perform any extraordinary action to polish one’s name or to gain credit.
If you work for a company, somehow office politics will get you involved. Because people are different personality and personality can crash on one another.
I tend to be good at listening. And sort of be the listening ears for many rants for many hours, many days now. Somehow, new colleagues feel good telling me about. Each time, they tell something they rant about; they say "I know your character…I’m comfortable with you." There is nothing much I can do but listen. Listening is good I supposed, it gives me a chance to prepare myself from politics & not to immerse in it.
Man…!!! Sometimes, I think I’m too kind or what. Today and many days, my colleague have been giving 2 thumbs up for being patient. What can I say……lending a listening ear does no harm.
Some of the rants go way too nasty and I tried my best to calm the persons. Even during overseas, I received text messages (rant messages). I still offer my "advices" & calm the persons the way I only know.
