Slacker tip #199 - become friends with the enemy
And by enemy I mean boss. I know what some of you are thinking. This is crazy advice. But just here me out peeps!
I have been a slacker at far too many jobs to know how things end. You get a pretty good run at a job until a co-worker feels the need to run and tattle on you for something they saw you doing. Then it is bye-bye cushy slacker job. Well, there is an easy way to prevent this from happening.
Get all buddy-buddy with the boss. This will serve two purposes. 1 - Co-workers will know that you are friends with the boss and they will think twice before tattling on you to the boss. 2 - When someone does tattle the boss will not be as quick to act since they will think that they know you and that it can’t be true.
Of course, there are some dangers to this. You could get extra work or extra visits from the boss to your desk. As long as you can delegate the work and look busy then you should be okay.
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