The FIFO of Office Life

So now that I'm back to the grind and have been fortunate enough to have been placed with temporary work with an awesome office furniture and project management firm downtown. I found made an interesting observation. I should also mention that after running into an old classmate of mine from undergrad and racing through the busy sidewalks, this idea came to me.

In some office positions, it's important not to be the Last In and the First Out. So business majors, think back to your Financial Accounting days. Remember inventory systems of LIFO and FIFO? Well the idea of being the First In and Last Out is the initial strategy that employees use to make themselves "look good". In all honesty, putting in the hours should not really make someone look good, but apparently it does. I feel that using time wisely during the day and being productive is how we as employees should position our strengths. So why do people bother showing up early just to have long lunch breaks, taking longer than their share of 15 minute breaks? Facebook all day and gossip around the water cooler. After this temp position I would like to keep to the hours of the company but not get caught up with the looking good facade.

BTW, I have 2 interviews next week and hope to keep more coming in the pipeline until the golden offer is presented to me.

Just in case you wonder why I haven't blogged, I had graduation celebrations for memorial day weekend and other personal matters.