The Golden Employee

The Golden Employee

Every Manager has this person in their office.  They’re invincible.

They deflect your criticism.  They reject your advice.  They are rubber and you are glue.  The Office Superman (or woman).

This person thinks they are perfect, flawless and in every way an item of desire, praise and eternal gratitude.  This person will tell you how wonderful they are and great they are at their job.  They will criticize the work of others and shake their heads in disappointment while explaining how they could have done better.  Well, you sir (or ma’am), can kiss my ass.

I would hate to deflate your overblown ego, but none of us are perfect, including me, and I’m your BOSS.

The sign of a truly great employee is the ability to admit mistakes and accept criticism.  This person is interested in learning and growing and making themselves a better person/employee/man-child.  For any employee to sing their own praises and openly criticize everyone around them is proof that they aren’t mature enough to handle a promotion.

I’m surprised that we allow so many of this type of employee into our corporate environment.  My guess is that confidence is such a clear indicator of strength in any desirable employee that every confident interviewee gets hired automatically.  If you’re a cocky asshole and you’re on a job interview, chances are that your Interviewer won’t know that you’re cocky, since cockiness is revealed over time.  Congratulations, you will probably get hired.

It isn’t difficult to be charming or confident in an interview, but be forewarned my future employee, if I hire you and you’re going to turn into some Godzilla of Assholes, your life will not be easy and you will wish I never hired you. Chances are, you’re going to hate me anyway since you think you can do a better job than me.  Sometimes, I wish I could hand over the reigns and say, “Go for it, let’s see what you can do,” just so I can watch you drown.

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