Mitch's Blog

Way back in 2005 I wrote a post here telling the story of someone I knew who was having issues at work because her manager kept giving her more and more work, then getting upset with her for not completing any of it. I told her to write it all down, both the work and […]

Unfortunately it’s true; the squeaky wheel gets the grease. As it applies to the work environment, it seems that the person who complains the most, even if everybody else knows this person either does the worst or the least amount of work, gets their way and inordinate number of times. This tactic works because many […]