Grad student out of Fairfax, VA. Full time manager of a coffee shop trying to pay back some student loans doing something I love.

My passion is ...

life

I know too much about ...

coffee

My parents always told me ...

as long as your happy, we are happy for you

My childhood ambition ...

star of the stage and screen

My favorite memory ...

bringing home my first puppy

Why I write ...

to let my head wander

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

reading and watching anything crime related, listening to just plain anything

My first job ...

dry cleaning clerk

My best moment ...

graduating college

My inspiration ...

life

Jobs & Careers > Getting Ahead Kissing up to your boss is a must if you want to get ahead

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OK Seriously, does anyone not agree with this statement? I have been working since I was fifteen, and one thing I learned really quick was that you have to suck up to your boss. If you don't, you don't get the perks. You want to use some vacation around Christmas, your boss better like you, or else, you'll be on the clock.

This is not to say that hard work doesn't account for something. I mean hard work is a way of kissing up to the boss. Let's take a closer look at this statement. Your boss is most likely under pressure to get thing A finished right? Which means you are under pressure f...

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