Mitch's Blog

I often get questions from friends and employees on how to deal with their supervisors and managers. They often seem to feel that they’re not being treated fairly compared to how they see someone else being treated. Since I’m not in the office I’m never quite sure whether it’s a matter of perception or reality. […]

“I’d catch a grenade for ya Throw my hand on a blade for ya I’d jump in front of a train for ya You know I’d do anything for ya I would go through all this pain, Take a bullet straight through my brain, Yes, I would die for ya baby; But you won’t do […]

At the last regular job I had, I think I can easily say that the last year and a half I was there was pretty stressful. I’m not going to go into a lot of details lamenting how unfair things were or how I felt put upon. Instead, I’m going to jump directly to one […]

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 […]