Tale Of Two Stories
A Tale of Two Stories
My objective in the following paper is to reflect on my previous experiences of instances of voicing and acting on my values in the workplace. I am going to do this by first writing about an instance in my career when management gave me an assignment that went against my values and I spoke up and did something about it. I will then reflect back to my decision by first discussing what I did and what the impact was, I will discuss what motivated me to speak up and how satisfied I am with the decision, and finally I will discuss a few things that may have made my decision easier, some of which I could have controlled and some of which I could not have. The second part of this paper will be similar to the first. I …show more content…
Also by that point in my internship I realized I did not want to work there. I felt they were treating us like cheap labor and was turned off by the company. The frustration of the entire summer just mounted and I really didn’t care what the consequences were. Given all this it was a pretty easy decision for me to speak up. There is nothing that really could have made the decision easier as it was very simple. I couldn’t control the treatment but once I realized I wanted out I could control how I reacted to it. I will say though, had I not been fed up with the company it would have been tuff to say something, especially if I had wanted a full time job at the conclusion of the internship. I will say though, in my career I do find it easy to speak up in any situation if you have 100% support from your direct boss. If you do he will support you to speak up to others, and will respect when you speak up to him. It is important to build that trust early so you always have …show more content…
This instance was at the same company but I will admit I by myself chose to make my decision. I had no bosses, or anyone at all around me actually. I was out entertaining a client in my second week of work. I am thinking how cool this is to be 21, first job, and out entertaining Major League baseball players. So to make a long story short, I am entertaining a couple players in the hotel bar and a certain married player hands me his phone and starts heading to his room with a women he had met at the bar. I ask him want he wants me to do with this and he looks at me, almost with a shocked look as if I should know without asking, and says, ”This is for when my wife calls, tell her I am in a signing and will call her back
My objective in the following paper is to reflect on my previous experiences of instances of voicing and acting on my values in the workplace. I am going to do this by first writing about an instance in my career when management gave me an assignment that went against my values and I spoke up and did something about it. I will then reflect back to my decision by first discussing what I did and what the impact was, I will discuss what motivated me to speak up and how satisfied I am with the decision, and finally I will discuss a few things that may have made my decision easier, some of which I could have controlled and some of which I could not have. The second part of this paper will be similar to the first. I …show more content…
Also by that point in my internship I realized I did not want to work there. I felt they were treating us like cheap labor and was turned off by the company. The frustration of the entire summer just mounted and I really didn’t care what the consequences were. Given all this it was a pretty easy decision for me to speak up. There is nothing that really could have made the decision easier as it was very simple. I couldn’t control the treatment but once I realized I wanted out I could control how I reacted to it. I will say though, had I not been fed up with the company it would have been tuff to say something, especially if I had wanted a full time job at the conclusion of the internship. I will say though, in my career I do find it easy to speak up in any situation if you have 100% support from your direct boss. If you do he will support you to speak up to others, and will respect when you speak up to him. It is important to build that trust early so you always have …show more content…
This instance was at the same company but I will admit I by myself chose to make my decision. I had no bosses, or anyone at all around me actually. I was out entertaining a client in my second week of work. I am thinking how cool this is to be 21, first job, and out entertaining Major League baseball players. So to make a long story short, I am entertaining a couple players in the hotel bar and a certain married player hands me his phone and starts heading to his room with a women he had met at the bar. I ask him want he wants me to do with this and he looks at me, almost with a shocked look as if I should know without asking, and says, ”This is for when my wife calls, tell her I am in a signing and will call her back