You Can Choose Your Attitude!

Why in the world would you take a new job and then have a bad attitude and jeopardize your new job? I have a friend who has a new employee that has been working for the organization for less than a month and they have already had to write the woman up. She has a bad attitude and she doesn’t want anyone to tell her what to do. They are attempting to give her feedback about the job so that she can do the job better and she doesn’t want to hear it. How can that be?

If you invest 30 days or more looking for a job why in the world would you have a bad attitude about being there, working, collecting a pay check? When you say “yes” to a new job, there should be little to no issues in the first 30, 60 or 90 days or more.

If you have been graced with employment in this market, consider the consequences of your bad attitude if you can’t get your act together. In the case of this employee my friend is dealing with, the organization has attempted to discuss their concerns with her about her attitude. They don’t want to terminate her employment, but she is unwilling to hear the feedback. As a result, they will eventually impose consequences on her and she will lose her new job.

As an employee, if things are not going well for you after you start a new job. Do some self inventory. Check in with yourself. What can you do differently to move past any feelings of frustration and anger so that you don’t lose your job? Find someone to talk to about what ever is bothering you. It may be safer to speak to someone who doesn’t work for the organization. Be honest about what is bothering you and problem solve a solution. If it is a bad fit and you realize that early in the job, it’s ok to leave the job. Better that you leave on your terms than to be fired for a bad attitude.

Here’s a thought, if you’re going to have an attitude, why not choose to have a good one. Choose to be pleasant. Choose to listen, choose to speak up when you need to, rather than holding back or holding on to issues that maybe with a few conversations, you could work through with your employer. Whether the place you find yourself working every day is working fro you or not, you can choose how you respond to the situations you find your self in and you can definitely choose your ATTITUDE!

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