CASE 13 DOING MY OWN THING
Rita Lowe has worked for the same boss for eleven years. Over coffee one day, her friend, Sara, asked her, “What is it like to work for old Charlie?”
Rita replied, “Oh, I guess it's okay. He pretty much leaves me alone. I more or less do my own thing.”
Then Sara said, “Well, you've been at that same job for eleven years. How are you doing in it? Does it look like your will ever be promoted? If you don't mind me saying so, I can't for the life of me see that what you do has anything to do with the operation.”
Rita replied, “Well, first of all, I really don't have any idea of how I am doing. Charlie never tells me. But I've always taken the attitude that no news is good news. Charlie mumbled something when I started the ...
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