{"id":1230,"date":"2007-10-10T13:48:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-10T18:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/10\/what-not-to-do-at-work\/"},"modified":"2007-10-10T13:48:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-10T18:48:00","slug":"what-not-to-do-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/10\/what-not-to-do-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"What Not To Do At Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, I have a weakness for these types of surveys.&nbsp; From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.careerbuilder.com\/jobposter\/small-business\/article.aspx?articleid=PRTOPWORKPLACETABOOS&amp;siteid=JP_Mail_WorkTaboo&amp;sc_extcmp=JP_Mail_WorkTaboo\" target=\"_blank\">CareerBuilder<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Workplace Taboos&#8221; is a new CareerBuilder.com survey, conducted by Harris Interactive of more than 5,700 workers. The most common workplace taboos that workers admitted to taking part in include:  <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Falling asleep at work (45 percent)\n<li>Kissing a co-worker (39 percent)\n<li>Stealing from the office (22 percent)\n<li>Spreading a rumor about a co-worker (22 percent)\n<li>Consuming alcoholic beverages while on the job (21 percent)\n<li>Snooping after hours (18 percent)\n<li>Lying about an academic background (4 percent)\n<li>Taking credit for someone else&#8217;s work (2 percent)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I laughed at number 1 since I used to work at a company where the customer service manager would fall asleep at his desk every afternoon.&nbsp; He had it down to a science &#8211; he&nbsp;could sleep with his hands on the keyboard while sitting up.&nbsp; Eventually his head would nod down, but it took some time.&nbsp; It really was remarkable.<\/p>\n<p>To top it off, he was promoted.&nbsp; And later fired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, I have a weakness for these types of surveys.&nbsp; From CareerBuilder: &#8220;Workplace Taboos&#8221; is a new CareerBuilder.com survey, conducted by Harris Interactive of more than 5,700 workers. The most common workplace taboos that workers admitted to taking part in include: Falling asleep at work (45 percent) Kissing a co-worker (39 percent) Stealing from the office (22 percent) Spreading a rumor about a co-worker (22 percent) Consuming alcoholic beverages while on the job (21 percent) Snooping after hours (18 percent) Lying about an academic background (4 percent) Taking credit for someone else&#8217;s work (2 percent) I laughed at number 1 since I used to work at a company where the&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/10\/what-not-to-do-at-work\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anecdotes","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-jQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":612,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/01\/finding-dream-jobs\/","url_meta":{"origin":1230,"position":0},"title":"Finding Dream Jobs","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 27, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Foxnews.com offers this article - Workers Want Fun More Than Money When it Comes to Dream Jobs. 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