How much brown-nosing do you do at work (if any)?

[The Dean]

1 hour ago, Augie said:

 

Nope, CEO wouldn’t let her go. Said she was more important in the current national position.  They have a call set for 6:30 tonight. Should be interesting! 

 

What the CEO doesn’t know is her previous employer of 18 years has reached out to my wife about a position opening up next spring, conveniently after the February bonuses. Having options is nice. 

 

It reminds me of when a team won’t let a coach talk to another team about a lateral (or in this case backward) move they are allowed to block, but it’s frowned upon. Bad form. She likes the bigger job, but they won’t give her the resources to “win”. She could feel like she’s winning more in the regional job. Problem is, nobody can “win” in the national job they way it is now. She’s the best option and has got some leverage they are aware, and an option about which they are unaware. 

 

 

Well, then she's in the catbird seat. Good for her. Hope it works out.

[KD in CA]

This thread reminds me of my all-time favorite commercial.  Monster's brilliant 'When I Grow Up' Super Bowl Ad:

 

 

 

[Orlando Buffalo]

My version of brown nosing is not telling my incompetent assistant principal to pound sand every time she asks for my assistance. I will generally ask my actual principal, who is awesome, what I should do to help kids and do that

[ExiledInIllinois]

21 minutes ago, Buffalo Timmy said:

My version of brown nosing is not telling my incompetent assistant principal to pound sand every time she asks for my assistance. I will generally ask my actual principal, who is awesome, what I should do to help kids and do that

Middle mangers suck.

[Orlando Buffalo]

39 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Middle mangers suck.

I need to add the word  some because my first AP was fantastic and now is a principal. The good ones rarely last in the middle.

[Saxum]

Hard to brown nose where you work at a customer site and barely see anyone from company.

 

Some of customer VIPs know who I am and will contact me in crisis rather than going thru command team but that is probably because I am more experienced than them.

[The Dean]

1 hour ago, KD in CA said:

This thread reminds me of my all-time favorite commercial.  Monster's brilliant 'When I Grow Up' Super Bowl Ad:

 

 

 

 

 

A classic ad.

[KD in CA]

2 minutes ago, The Dean said:

 

 

A classic ad.

 

I always wonder if ad teams know at the time that they've absolutely crushed it.  Do they run around the conference room high-fiving like Barry Bonds watching a HR ball fly into the Bay?   Or do they never really know until the public reacts?

 

Or do they just go to the bar, get drunk and hook up with some random hottie either way, like Don Draper?

[The Dean]

1 minute ago, KD in CA said:

 

I always wonder if ad teams know at the time that they've absolutely crushed it.  Do they run around the conference room high-fiving like Barry Bonds watching a HR ball fly into the Bay?   Or do they never really know until the public reacts?

 

Or do they just go to the bar, get drunk and hook up with some random hottie either way, like Don Draper?

 

 

Assuming they test their ads with audiences, they might have some idea. But judging by some of the ads on the air, I'm guessing they don't always do that much research. 

[stuvian]

I'm a union activist in my workplace so brown nosing is not in my vocabulary

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

When I first started working I may have.

 

Now, after so many years - 

I play nice with new people I come across.  So you could be considered brown nosing BUT

 

Over time I just tell it like it is. 

 

[teef]

there's a fine line between brown nosing and playing the game.  luckily we work in a place where none of it has to happen.

[inkman]

I can't brown nose.  It's just not in my character.  It has probably cost me a promotion or two. We'll that and the neck tattoos.  I've seen fairly incompetent peers pass me by based on the simple fact that he brown nosed with the owners and I just have no interest in that kind of relationship with anyone near that capacity.  I used to think my work would speak for itself.  That only goes so far.  These egomaniacs need to be stroked and affirmed.  Can't do it. 

[BringBackFergy]

If I could kiss my boss’ ass, I would. 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

18 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

If I could kiss my boss’ ass, I would. 

Only one in that office that thinks that way. 
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It's nice to be important, but more important to be nice.  😁

[BringBackFergy]

6 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Only one in that office that thinks that way. 
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It's nice to be important, but more important to be nice.  😁

And my boss has a big ass. 

[ExiledInIllinois]

25 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

If I could kiss my boss’ ass, I would. 

What are you? The man from Nantucket?

🤣 🤣 🤣 

 

 

/SorryCouldn'tResist 😉 

Just now, BringBackFergy said:

And my boss has a big ass. 

Mine does too!

[Augie]

48 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

If I could kiss my boss’ ass, I would. 

 

And if you were that flexible......we’d probably never see you again. 

[Pete]

***** authority.  
Employees should be promoted for talent, not brown nosing.

Any big ego boss who’s ego obscured the fact that he’s brown nosed, and promotes asskisser should be removed from gene pool

[Irv]

I just turned 55 and never did it.  That hurt my career.  I warn kids working for me that it might be necessary as their careers progress.