by Adam Durie

Created on: January 03, 2010

I've had quite a number of jobs and I have been working since I was 16 years old.  Of all of those jobs there is not one that I don't feel comfortable using as a reference... I have always made it my business to get to the top.  There are many ways to achieve this, and many reasons why I choose to work in that fashion, but it all boils down to what my mother told me when I was young: "It doesn't matter what you're doing when you work, do your best and be the best; if you work in an office be the best you can be, if you're the president be the best president in history, if you're a garbage man be the best in the city."  This has always stuck with me and has been my slogan for work ethic since my first day in the work force.

Now, to be sure, there's a big difference between being a good employee and standing out to your employer.  The reason I get ahead is because I'm always the latter.  Some of the differences of the two I'll describe now, as I see it and live it.

PUNCTUALITY:

This seems pretty standard but, to my surprise, it is actually a point by which I've seen a great many people falter.  An employee who desires to under perform will show up late for work.  The frequency by which this happens can mean the difference between being frowned upon or being terminated.  However, all it takes is once and be sure your employer will notice and not be pleased.  The average employer is a human being, unless you're working on the Enterprise, and has a life too.  They understand that life happens... This is why it's important that if the eventuality of not being able to make it on time occurs, you call in and tell your work that you will be running late and you ARE trying to get there.  It makes a big difference.

The good employee will not be late and will call in, as above, if that is going to happen.  They will always be on time and that shows to their employer that they are dependable, reliable, and cares about their job.  This employee understands team work and that someone, maybe even their boss them self, has to pick up their slack when they don't show up and makes an effort to avoid this.  Co-workers and supervisors alike can appreciate a punctual worker.

The employee that wishes to stand out shows up early for work.  They don't do it to impress or brown-nose, the average boss can detect that like a police dog, they do it because they usually have more on their to-do list then the average

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