Are you a Yes Man/Woman?

... Well are you? Are you an undercover 'yes person'; like you don't even realize it? If you have a tendency to just say yes to your boss & agree with their every thought to get them off your back you've got the wrong idea.. All your doing is causing yourself more grief and your co workers too!!!......

How so? 

- When you get to your desk all your gonna do is gripe & complain about the situation annoying your co workers & yourself alike. 

- When it ends up coming out bad (there's a 50/50 chance your boss has a bad idea) who do you think will get blamed??... Ummmm you!! Why would your boss take the fall they're gonna say "Well (insert name here) thought it was a great idea!' "Right (insert name here)?"

- Your going to complain that you never get to express yourself artistically... Much to the annoyance to of yourself & your co workers.. 

So stop!! 

My co worker is just a yes woman. She always says yes when my boss makes the most ludicrous demands & I'm always like you should have said no or you didn't like it. Often I'm quiet in meetings for a while.. Why 1. I like to let people talk themselves into their own graves. 2. I'm listening to what your saying for future reference. 3. When it most counts I WILL speak up! I'm not one for speaking to hear my own voice. 

Get it together guys & Gals!

_Alice 

DREAMS & ASPIRATIONS

I love working in the fashion industry and being a designer for other people & brands.. I’m learning A LOT about the business & myself as a person.

BUT I am NOT the girl that can work for someone else forever. I have major aspirations to have my own fashion design house & my own employees & I will take all I’ve learned over the years with me.

In saying all that I CANNOT wait until I have my own company to run.. I’m learning all the ways NOT to do things by watching various other people.

In my offices ppl can sit on those exercise ball things if they want to, roles will be more defined, annual reviews will be mandatory (it’s really good to know where you stand), team building trips & activities will be scheduled to keep moral up, & seriously HOLIDAY parties are going to be off the chain!! Oh & ppl sit where ever they want! Boss’s at the head of the table is so narcissistic!! Like seriously ppl know you sign the checks get over yourself!

_Alice

EFFECTIVE MEETING TECHNIQUES… NOT!

So yesterday as I said I was in a meeting for 2.5 hrs..

Initially I had NO IDEA the subject matter of the meeting BUT when your told to be somewhere you bring your pen & your pad & you go!

I get to the meeting & find out its a recap of the buyers meeting with “K-Mart” earlier in the week. So I’m thinking it should be about 30 mins total I mean they didn’t go over too much new product.. Oh I didn’t mention this meeting started at 12 NOON!! So yeah… Lunch time soon come.

Anyway by 12:40 we’ve discussed 1 shoe & the higher ups are rambling in 200 different directions spinning their wheels on various product for OTHER retailers.. At this point I’m starving & I’ve tuned out because I mean no one is talking about ANYTHING that concerns me, and I don’t think anyone involved can recall what the meeting was supposed to be about, plus I’m STARVING!!

Sooo what have we accomplished? Effective Meeting guys & gals.. I think NOT.

Oh & for the record at the end of that 2.5hr we only discussed 2 of 10 shoes we were supposed to review after the “K-Mart” meeting.. Genius’

_Alice

THAT MOMENT WHEN...

Your in a meeting with all the higher ups & your boss looks like a scared little child being scolded by a parent aka THEIR boss!!

*You almost feel bad for them but then you say to yourself

it’s their fault they weren’t through about what needed to be done..

_Alice

JOB DESCRIPTION

Sometimes I think my job description is: Do whatever my boss is supposed to do and tell her what to say in important meetings.

_Alice

MY INSPIRATION

So… I’ll be posting A LOT today & this weekend because since I started this new gig I told myself I’ve got to get these thoughts out.. & I could do a personal journal but where’s the fun in that!? Plus I know other people feel my pain!!

I was in a 2.5hr meeting yesterday (you’ll hear more about that in upcoming posts) & I said ppl need to hear this. So enjoy, like, comment, laugh!!

I hope once I post all of my written rants I get into more of a flow so I’m posting once or twice a day.. So wish me luck!

_Alice

THAT MOMENT WHEN…

Your boss just agrees with her boss because she doesn’t want to be in trouble even though EVERYONE else knows she JUST said the opposite in the previous meeting.

_ Alice