What Your Boss Wishes She Could Tell You
The head honcho in the corner office has a secret (and it's not where the mini Snickers are stored): the information you might need but that she could never actually tell you.
By Amy Shearn
"I really would prefer that you not blame people under you."
A vice president at a large media company told me that she often wishes she could tell employees: "We all want to work with positive, happy people. ... Complaining will get you nowhere." Throwing your co-workers under the bus just makes you look like, well, the kind of person who throws her co-workers under the bus.
Published 04/26/2013
