If you were to MANAGE a LARGE OFFICE, what would be your first rule for all employees?

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Mine first and foremost rule would be no office gossip and anyone who makes this place uncomfortable for others will have to leave. In the office policies I would specify if you don't like it here, just don't take the job. You have to spend most of your waking hours in this place and ppl need to get along like family. Yes we have some family that we only say hello and goodbye to too. I would not want to run an office that makes ppl hate to get up and come to work. Some jobs can literally make ppl sick.

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In a perfect world, no gossip of any sort would be the rule of thumb.

I have 24 in my office... and my first rule of thumb is:

" If something and/or someone is bothering you, run...don't walk & tell me so we can work it out b4 it gets to be too big of an issue".

seems to be working.... our xanax consumption is down 21 % year over year. Therepy co-pays are down 15 %.. so, I'm happy.

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Sorry, but it sounds like you have some real problems of your own. Talk to a professional.

First off I would pay people what they are worth and second, the bar opens at 4:30.

I have one of those jobs...It keeps getting harder and harder to get out of bed in the morning. There are two people here who continually give me crap. Management still keeps them around, even though they are horrible to EVERYONE!

I agree with your rule.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me....

That would be my rule. Pretty much covers the details in a nice, general word that doesn't involve a meeting to explain what you're trying to say.

No gossiping and no photocopying body parts.
That should keep everyone happy.

Seriously, you sound as if you really hate where you work. Why don't you post a question that addresses the issues you're dealing with; maybe you'll get some truly helpful answers. :)

Here's my number one rule as the office dictator:

Employees: Avoid a surprise layoff - toss me a $50 payday.

Weed out the ones that are there just for the money. If you can't give yourself completely and make a contribution to make business do well, don't even show up. Leave bad attitudes at home also.

Fish!

Choose your attitude, play, be there, make their day.

http://www.charthouse.com/fp_principles.asp?whoenter=

Follow fish, and people are there because they want to be, not because the office manager has instituted rules which make people feel uncomfortable. The rules you have in place are about people NOT doing things, instead of constructive ideas that bring people together, and that specifically tell people what they are supposed to do.

I teach, and no one likes knowing a ton of things they can't do, but they don't get encouraged to follow certain behaviours. If you are going to tell people they can't gossip, then you have to tell them a behaviour or event they can look forward to, such as working independently and focusing on the work (the fish philosophy of choose your attitude).

I strongly agrees with your point. Office gossip is the most terrible things happening in every office now. There is just no way to stop them. It can happen during lunch time, before and after work, or worst during office hours. Just one gossiper is enough to stir the whole office up side down. They say things that are not true, put words into someone Else's month and so on... This can really make the victim stress till sick.

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