The Danger of Not Managing Your Time at the Office
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Are you employed? If you are and if you work in an office
setting, do you know how to make good use of your time? If not, it is vital to your success and your
financial standings that you start doing so as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, many individuals do not know the many
consequences that they may face if they don’t perform their best at work. Even if you have been able to slide under the
radar before socializing with coworkers or surfing the internet, your time of
just messing around may soon come to an end.
This is because more employers realize just how much money they are
truly losing with employees who don’t know how to manage their time.
As for the dangers of not properly managing your time at
work, you are less likely to stay focused
and on task. If you do not
understand the importance of managing your time at work, you are more likely to
get distracted, which may delay an important project or prevent you from
meeting a deadline. This, in itself, can
have a number of serious consequences.
In a professional workplace, you shouldn’t miss a deadline unless you
have a good reason for doing so.
Another danger of not managing your time is that you are
likely to get unorganized easily. In fact,
did you know that organization and time management go hand in hand? If you do not know how to properly manage
your time, you likely rush to complete simple tasks, such as putting away
important files. This will likely result
in errors. However, when you later go to
find those important files or documents, they may not be where you thought. This may result in you wasting time searching
for them.
Although you may not necessarily think about this danger, it
is still important to take into consideration.
That danger is setting a bad example.
Many individuals do not understand the ripple effect that most
workplaces have. If other coworkers see
that you are able to waste your time, either by socializing or playing computer
games, they may try to do the same, especially if you are able to get away with
this type of behavior. You may
unintentionally endanger a whole office or company.
Perhaps, the biggest danger of not knowing how to properly
manage your time at the workplace is putting your job at risk. As previously stated, many business owners
are realizing just how much money they are losing on poor performing employees;
therefore, many are starting to take action.
You may receive a warning first, but there is a good chance that you
will lose your job. After all, why
should a company pay you to not work when there are hundreds of other men and
women out there who would love to have your job?
If the possibility of losing your job wasn’t enough, it is
important to take into consideration what can and will likely happen with your
good name. If you are terminated from
your job, chances are you will find it difficult to find a job in a similar
position. This is most often the case if
you had a good, well paying job, such as that of an office manager. Many high paying positions require
recommendations and job references. If
you get terminated from your position, these will be hard to come by. In fact, instead of not giving any comment at
all, you may end up getting a bad recommendation!
The above mentioned examples are just a few of the many ways
that you may end up suffering from poor productivity at work. The good news,
however, is that you may be surprised just how easy it is to change your
ways. Whether you choose to create daily
to do lists for yourself, use a computerized day planner, or learn to better
prioritize your responsibilities, get started with doing so as soon as
possible.
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