I haven’t been posting as regularly as usual. Well, its that time of the year when the workload is unbelievable. At this time, the bosses really get worth the salaries they are paying! But its at this time when one person is not enough to get the work done and more people are [...]

Is competition healthy? Personally, I think it is. So does FKU, as he said during a heated debate last night. When feeling threatened by a competing colleague, you tend to work harder and do your best to beat the competition. That goes without saying. Be it in school, university, or at [...]

In my CV, and in almost every other CV I have read, there is that phrase “being a good team player”.  Well, its one thing when you are a good team player and when the others in the team try to but dont get things done.  In my work, I depend on others to get [...]

If you do something wrong and someone discovers it, just admit it! But there are those people who can not admit they were wrong even if their life depended on it.  They will always find some kind of lame unconvinving excuse to justify their wrongdoing; either that or they blame someone else simply for being [...]

I recently had an informal conversation with my boss about work, what he looks for in his people, and what he expects. While listening to him, it reminded me of what my ex-boss had to say about the same topics, and they both pretty much covered the same exact topics. With friends of [...]

Receiving some extra money, in theory of unethical nature, would you accept it? Accepting the money leaves no trace of evidence, would that make it easier?
Money is generated in different ways. Work hard, receive a salary plus bonuses or without; live on commissions over your salary; choose to trade on the stock exchange markets; open [...]

In all big organizations in the country we witness, experience, and sometimes get involved in lobbying.  Employees of the same nationality get together at first simply to socialize and with time, they are conspiring against other employees of other nationalities.  This is one thing that is getting out of hand in large Kuwaiti organizations; since [...]

 
When you get hired, you sign a contract which includes a certain job description and you are expected to perform nothing less than that.  But sometimes you encounter a situation when colleagues of other units could use all the help they can get.  If you think you can lend a hand, and are willing to [...]

Talk about coincidence.  Yesterday, I posted about working under pressure and what I told my boss, and this morning I come across this article that mentions 4 things you should not say to your boss.  Whether you work at a mini-market or at Microsoft, there are certain things you should not say when dealing with [...]

You walk into your office and as soon as you sit down, your phone is ringing and its your boss screaming about some case that he wants completed and on his desk by 10:00.  That is what happened this morning! This is not the first time he does this.  I couldn’t help it…. but I [...]