by E. B. Smith

Created on: April 25, 2009

Slackers that receive favors from the boss is a sign of incompetency. Competent workers who stay focused on their jobs and responsibilities in-spite of it becomes a more competent and valuable employee. It is frustrating to see people who clearly seem clueless receive special favors. It is equally frustrating when an incompetent boss will not recognize the contribution of a competent hard worker. This is the way of the world. If you interview people from construction sites to the office of officials in the federal government and even church ministry they will all have similar stories of people who are commended for doing absolutely nothing but answering yes consistently. Many times if you ask the bosses they would admit it. "Mr. or Mrs. supervisor why do you give employee X so much over me?." They reply, "because they do whatever I ask when I ask them". How can you argue with that?.

Often times you will discover it is the boss who is incompetent not the employee. Part of a good supervisor's job is to evaluate and organize the staff to meet the expectations of the company. To achieve this they must decide who is the most valuable and who is the least valuable. Many times it is not obvious. Skillful but lazy employees distract the boss with all sorts insignificant conversations and busy work. They look for boss pleasing assignment's. The boss has to be experienced enough to see right through it. When they don't they get more of the same from the employee. Bosses who are incompetent cling to those who are equally incompetent. The worse thing is much of the undone work falls on others.

Remaining a competent and committed employee can be challenging. The company still requires things from you things that you promised. It is important for a person in theses circumstances to evaluate why they have chosen to work there. Asking themselves "Am I receiving the compensation that I requested when I took the job?". Then go at it, your contribution and value cannot change. You may not be getting all the recognition from the boss but it must not deter you from your character. It would be nice if there was a oath or a military code of conduct style environment that governed all employees to pull their weight. But would you really enjoy that?. Probably not. Experienced has taught me that bosses come and go. Slackers leave when they are finally called to work. But I must stay who I am and provide the company what they paid for. For me.

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