How to Alienate Your Coworkers and Scar Your Employees for Life

Tons of humor and light-hearted commentary about the co-workers and bosses who make our lives miserable.   This show marks the one year anniversary of Crina and Kirsten Get to Work - and what a great and fun ride it has been!!  From KMRE Community Powered Radio to the Clubhouse, from Zoom and now from the barn - Crina and Kirsten Get to Work has been on the move and evolving.  Most important - thanks to our listeners - we appreciate you and what you contribute to your world and workplaces - and you ask great questions and make great comments.   Because it is our anniversary episode, we want to indulge ourselves and have a little fun calling out some folks who make our workplace miserable - and to laugh a bit and point some fingers - cuz every once in a while that feels good.     Here are the co-workers who bug us . . . .   Co-workers who suck all of the joy out of the room and have nothing good to say or contribute The know it all who uses information as an aggressive act in the workplace Co-workers who form cliques and play favorites. Co-workers who broker information and triangulate - and just anyone who uses communication as an offensive or defensive weapon. Co-workers who don't accept responsibility and worse, throw others under the bus to avoid being wrong Co-workers who take up your time without a good reason (and it is not fun) Co-workers who do not know anything about the people they work with    And here are the Covid complaints  . . . Co-workers who cannot get there mute on (or off) Co-workers who refuse to turn on their video Co-workers who behave in a way that makes us think their screen is frozen - we want active listeners! And just because we can, here is what bugs us about bosses . . .   Bosses who act like everything is urgent Bosses who continually change strategies and direction Bosses who keep communication vague Bosses who are never wrong Bosses who take credit for your work Bosses who micromanage us.   And Crina offers some helpful tips to make sure you are not one of these people. Carve out observational time to observe how you interact with others in the workplace Put yourself into new environments to get feedback - if you do some volunteer work and run into the same issues you run into at work, it may be you If the circumstances are right and the environment is safe - ask for feedback from your co-workers. Understand your own triggers and what causes you to behave in ways that alienates your co-workers and scars them for life - :-) Seriously, our listeners are perfect - and we hope you enjoy this episode with some light-hearted ribbing.