CAREER
11 Things Your Boss Will
Never Know Unless You
Tell Him
Y
ou may have been waiting for this time to land
up in your first job, finally stand up on your own
feet, but the truth is almost always a little disappointing. Most employees in any given company feel
their efforts go unrewarded. Is there a way you can help
it? Building an honest level of communication with your
boss is one. Here are some things your boss will never
know unless you tell him.
1. The Extra Work You Do
Responsibilities only extend and multiply in the corporate world. Your scope of work always increases and
you end up doing a lot more than what you were initially
hired for. Your boss must know that you take initiative
and take responsibility of things that you’re not even
supposed to be doing.
2. The Extra Hours You Put In
It is sad that you might never get appreciation for that
one week you left office at ten in the night, but will be
looked upon the day you so much as mention you’ve
to leave at six. And, that is precisely why you need to
speak up about it and get your boss to acknowledge you
working over time.
3. Feeling Underpaid
It is because of the above two pain points that your boss
might never realise you’re grossly underpaid for the kind
of work you do. Not until you raise the issue up.
4. Working From Home On Weekends
There are times when your work takes over your life so
brutally, you can’t tell between weekdays and weekends.
Because your boss may not always be around to see the
kind of efforts you’re putting in, you have to make him
see it.
5. Office Politics
Yes, office politics is reality. And, it happens pretty much
everywhere around you. If you think you are being pulled
down by undeserving colleagues just because they are
higher up on the corporate ladder, you ]\