BY GEOFFREY JAMES @SALES_SOURCE

A recently-published list of employee remarks that bosses hate completely missed the two worst offenders.

Monster.com recently published the following list of employee remarks that, according to the article, will cause a boss to "hate" the employee:

1. "That's not how we did it at my old job."

2. "So-and-so isn't doing his work."

3. "How'd I do? How'd I do? How'd I do?"

4. "This is not what I signed up for."

5. "Can't someone else do that?"

6. "Will I get a promotion or a raise if I do that?"

7. "That's not my job."

While these remarks are annoying, the article premise is overwrought. Even a lousy boss isn't going to "hate" employees just because they say something irritating. In any case, most bosses know the appropriate responses:

1. Employee: "That's not how we did it at my old job."
Boss: "It's how we do it here. Go back to work."

2. Employee: "So-and-so isn't doing his work."
Boss: "That's my problem not yours. Go back to work."

3. Employee: "How'd I do? How'd I do? How'd I do?"
Boss: "Fine. Go back to work."

4. Employee: "This is not what I signed up for."
Boss: "It is, however, what I need done. Go back to work."

5. Employee: "Can't someone else do that?"
Boss: "No. Go back to work."

6. Employee: "Will I get a promotion or a raise if I do that?"
Boss: "Probably not. Go back to work."

7. Employee: "That's not my job."
Boss: "It is now. Go back to work ."

Kidding aside, the original article completely missed the two employee utterances that bosses really DO hate, because they're responsible for more failures than anything else in the workplace:

1."I'll try..." This assumes failure from the start. Yoda may be fictional, but there's wisdom in the adage: "Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try."

2."Yeah, but..." This remark simulates agreement with what the boss is saying but then introduces excuses for why the employee intends to fail.

I don't know about you, but I'd much rather hear something that's straightforward like "that's not my job" than have an employee shilly-shally around with half-promises and half-agreements.

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