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BigJazz
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"Poll question: what is your current level of engagement at work?"


  

          

where are you and why? i'm also interested in your position in the company.

this poll was inspired by a person at a cookout getting a phone call from their director on the holiday. not only did she ignore the call but she spent the next 15 minutes talking about how crazy the director had to be for contacting her on the holiday...a holiday that she had off from work. cuz if it ain't between the hours of 8am-5pm M-F when she's scheduled to work, she won't answer a call or text about work and she damn sure ain't checking her emails.

it made me think about different levels of engagement. throughout my career i've been in all of the stages listed on the poll...



Poll result (32 votes)
i'm fully engaged. all in. like the Office Space waiter with 37 pieces of flair (5 votes)Vote
for the most part, i'm on board with what goes on here. i usually care (9 votes)Vote
i try to give a damn but they be buggin so to keep my piece of mind i tune out (7 votes)Vote
i couldn't possibly care less about this place. i do just enough to not get fired (10 votes)Vote
i work with Tommy from Martin (1 votes)Vote

  

  

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second option blue, sometimes the first (red)
May 26th 2015
1
I'm in.
May 26th 2015
2
on average, blue. today? i giveth not a fuck.
May 26th 2015
3
today? i giveth not a fuck.
May 26th 2015
13
Im an engineer, and we are a very young company, so blue is required
May 26th 2015
4
Yellow.
May 26th 2015
5
blue with hints of red.
May 26th 2015
6
I'm a software consultant.
May 26th 2015
7
both green and yellow
May 26th 2015
8
we work too much! Millenials gotta push
May 26th 2015
9
i wouldn't answer the call on a holiday either...
May 26th 2015
10
I'm green and a legal assistant.
May 26th 2015
11
Red....i been there....cept i took the call
May 26th 2015
12
somewhere between green and blue
May 26th 2015
14
your position on the totem pole doesn't = your level of engagement
May 26th 2015
15
i never take those calls.
May 26th 2015
16
somewhere between green and yellow
May 26th 2015
17
Blue but Im the Money lady. BYE n/m
May 26th 2015
18
Red with my research
May 26th 2015
19
Y E L L O W
May 26th 2015
20
Red, but I got to that point gradually. I train CPAs and also
May 26th 2015
21
yellow...
May 26th 2015
22
Blue, which is why I be stressed
May 26th 2015
23
Yellow, but with flashes of red because FUCK UNEMPLOYMENT.
May 26th 2015
24

blkprinceMD05
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Tue May-26-15 09:12 AM

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1. "second option blue, sometimes the first (red)"
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Tue May-26-15 09:13 AM by blkprinceMD05

  

          

ive been at the lower choices too, ALL at this same job

ive risen in the ranks a bit and i care a lot more now because i get a lot of notice and positive feedback

if i received a call from supervisor on a holiday i would probably answer because it very RARELY would occur, 99% of stuff can wait to the next work day so id assume it was really important

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SoWhat
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Tue May-26-15 09:16 AM

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2. "I'm in."
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But only to a reasonable degree. I'd have answered that call bc I rarely get calls from my supe during off hours and I would've assumed there was an emergency with which I could help.

fuck you.

  

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KiloMcG
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Tue May-26-15 09:16 AM

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3. "on average, blue. today? i giveth not a fuck."
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Tue May-26-15 09:18 AM by KiloMcG

  

          

having said that, i'm gonna need ya'll to keep these boards moving today. thanks in advance.

  

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13. "today? i giveth not a fuck."
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I'm in this line...however, I voted green... I used to be about this job, what I did all of that...now? fucketh this placeth

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select_from_where
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Tue May-26-15 09:20 AM

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4. "Im an engineer, and we are a very young company, so blue is required"
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As we just got acquired recently, I am starting to see more of what you described though.

  

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Tue May-26-15 09:22 AM

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5. "Yellow."
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The last raise I got was a dime. The past 2 years, I've gotten good annual reviews and still was told I wouldn't be getting a raise. I don't do anything wrong for them to take any disciplinary action.

My bright side is that I'm turning in my letter of resignation, along with the written warning for being late during the snow/ice issues.

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Tue May-26-15 09:27 AM

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6. "blue with hints of red."
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the problem is I think I just gave up on learning anything totally new at some point in the past three years, so while I'm a quick worker and good with cocktails, now that I work in a spot that's got 64 Nebraska and Iowa beers on tap and we're frequented by a lot of Serious Beer Drinkers I find that I'm really not drawn to learning about beer. Not how it's made, not how to describe it, not nothing other than "I like this one, try it".

But when things arise with the cocktails or general service stuff, I'm all over it and pitching ideas all the time, so IDK. Picking my spots I guess. It's just heady at times when one of the other dudes I'm always working with is SUPER into beer (last night he took the only 4 beers home out over 100 we have in bottles he hadn't tried before) and our GM is a certified cicerone, so when they get to talking I'm just so zoned out.

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tariqhu
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Tue May-26-15 09:28 AM

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7. "I'm a software consultant."
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which means, I'm fully engaged when dealing with clients. partially engaged with regards to non-client stuff like documentation, process improvement.

Y'all buy those labels, I was born supreme

  

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Tue May-26-15 09:30 AM

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8. "both green and yellow"
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i try but they annoy the fuck outta me so I just do enough to not get fired.

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Tue May-26-15 09:34 AM

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9. "we work too much! Millenials gotta push"
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for a four day work week

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Tue May-26-15 09:37 AM

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10. "i wouldn't answer the call on a holiday either..."
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Tue May-26-15 09:46 AM

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11. "I'm green and a legal assistant."
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We are in a satellite office with only 20 people. I have a supervisor here but she's just the assistant who's been here the longest. All the important people are in CAlifornia. I don't go out of my way to keep my attorneys happy at all. lol, I just do what i gotta do and at 5:30 i'm out.

If someone from Cali needs something tho, i'm down for it. That's very rare tho

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Tue May-26-15 10:15 AM

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12. "Red....i been there....cept i took the call"
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Tue May-26-15 10:18 AM

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14. "somewhere between green and blue"
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BigJazz
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Tue May-26-15 10:18 AM

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15. "your position on the totem pole doesn't = your level of engagement "
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and i find that fascinating. i know managers who are mentally out to lunch most of the time while entry level employees go hard.


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MrThomas43423
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Tue May-26-15 10:19 AM

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16. "i never take those calls."
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well i'd take them from 1 person, but that's cause i respect her, and trust that she wouldn't call unless he ass was up against the fire. and i care about her ass, so...

but anyone else...my immediate supervisor. fuck that.

and i voted green.
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it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.

not compassionate....only polite.

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Tue May-26-15 11:00 AM

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17. "somewhere between green and yellow"
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Tue May-26-15 11:02 AM by Crash Bandacoot

          

it frustrates me, and i don't like to be frustrated. my level of
engagement was high in the beginning but, quickly fell the fuck off.
never seen so much incompetence/laziness in one place, makes me
wonder wth i'm doing.

  

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Tue May-26-15 11:15 AM

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18. "Blue but Im the Money lady. BYE n/m"
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Tue May-26-15 12:43 PM

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19. "Red with my research"
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green with my teaching. Students are annoying.

  

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20. "Y E L L O W"
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here for dis.

  

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Tue May-26-15 12:53 PM

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21. "Red, but I got to that point gradually. I train CPAs and also "
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Tue May-26-15 12:53 PM by soulfunk

  

          

train our trainers on how to train CPAs, and people from our company as a whole on how to give strong presentations. In that role I have to be ON all the time, and at least have the appearance of being 100% engaged at all times. The thing is, if you fake something enough it starts becoming habit and you aren't really faking it anymore. I've also seen how much my career has advanced in a relatively short time just from having a strong level of engagement, so that added benefit gives me even more incentive to stay as engaged as possible. At all times.

  

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22. "yellow..."
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but I'm at a "I just needed a job to keep from being hungry" position and was applying to other jobs before I even started...

  

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23. "Blue, which is why I be stressed"
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24. "Yellow, but with flashes of red because FUCK UNEMPLOYMENT."
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