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		<title>Comment on How to Deal with an Officemate Out to Sabotage You by J</title>
		<link>http://dapinoyemployee.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/how-to-deal-with-an-officemate-out-to-sabotage-you/#comment-211</link>
		<dc:creator>J</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One more thing my dear:)  You deserve a great job - don&#039;t let being homeless and the worry of feeding your kids knock your confidence about getting another position, even though that will be really hard at times.

Just keep looking until you find another job and then leave.  I am sure everything will work out for you I can tell you are a great person!
Keep affirming to yourself that everything is going fine and it will all work out eventually. Even if you need to take a lesser job like a cleaning job for a little while, until you find something better - at least it would be in peace and give you some space to look for what you want and good people to work with.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One more thing my dear:)  You deserve a great job &#8211; don&#8217;t let being homeless and the worry of feeding your kids knock your confidence about getting another position, even though that will be really hard at times.</p>
<p>Just keep looking until you find another job and then leave.  I am sure everything will work out for you I can tell you are a great person!<br />
Keep affirming to yourself that everything is going fine and it will all work out eventually. Even if you need to take a lesser job like a cleaning job for a little while, until you find something better &#8211; at least it would be in peace and give you some space to look for what you want and good people to work with.</p>
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		<title>Comment on How to Deal with an Officemate Out to Sabotage You by J</title>
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		<dc:creator>J</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Honestly I would keep looking for a better job with good people, because even if you stay in a good position to increase skills or reputation, their tactics will still be in place long after you&#039;re gone.
For example they will not give you the best reference, or stand by any of your achievements.

The other alternative is to confron them in a bold manner with the courage of a lion and stand your ground - you&#039;ve nothing to lose they are not with a good spirit inside them and they will back down.  But will they change longterm - it&#039;s pretty unlikely and not worth the effort and pain of working with them.  Start looking for another job get an amazing one and leave with your head held high.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Honestly I would keep looking for a better job with good people, because even if you stay in a good position to increase skills or reputation, their tactics will still be in place long after you&#8217;re gone.<br />
For example they will not give you the best reference, or stand by any of your achievements.</p>
<p>The other alternative is to confron them in a bold manner with the courage of a lion and stand your ground &#8211; you&#8217;ve nothing to lose they are not with a good spirit inside them and they will back down.  But will they change longterm &#8211; it&#8217;s pretty unlikely and not worth the effort and pain of working with them.  Start looking for another job get an amazing one and leave with your head held high.</p>
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		<title>Comment on How to Deal with an Officemate Out to Sabotage You by What Should I Do?</title>
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		<dc:creator>What Should I Do?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well my thing is I&#039;m on probation for 3 months before they make a decision to hire me. Unfortunately, the person who was part of a vendetta against me at a previous company is at this new company. I&#039;ve only been there a month and she has spread rumors and has everyone making snide remarks towards me about personal issues only she knows about because we used to be friends. A few of the girsl are actually sabotaging my work (3 incidents so far including one yesterday). I don&#039;t want to go to the supervisor whom I suspect has a part in it with my coworker. I don&#039;t want to go to our manager and appear as a paranoid nut and have him decide not to hire me. I don&#039;t want to confront these people until after I know I have a permanent position but I can&#039;t ignore it for 2 more months or should I? I was homeless and just got back on my feet and have two children to care for so I&#039;m stuck. My reasoning is to confront them after I get hired on permanently in a tactful way. I would like to be civil with them so we can work together but at the same time....ewww!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well my thing is I&#8217;m on probation for 3 months before they make a decision to hire me. Unfortunately, the person who was part of a vendetta against me at a previous company is at this new company. I&#8217;ve only been there a month and she has spread rumors and has everyone making snide remarks towards me about personal issues only she knows about because we used to be friends. A few of the girsl are actually sabotaging my work (3 incidents so far including one yesterday). I don&#8217;t want to go to the supervisor whom I suspect has a part in it with my coworker. I don&#8217;t want to go to our manager and appear as a paranoid nut and have him decide not to hire me. I don&#8217;t want to confront these people until after I know I have a permanent position but I can&#8217;t ignore it for 2 more months or should I? I was homeless and just got back on my feet and have two children to care for so I&#8217;m stuck. My reasoning is to confront them after I get hired on permanently in a tactful way. I would like to be civil with them so we can work together but at the same time&#8230;.ewww!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Should You Snitch?  Why Spying on Your Officemates May Be Bad for Your Career by dapinoyemployee</title>
		<link>http://dapinoyemployee.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/should-you-snitch-why-spying-on-your-officemates-may-be-bad-for-your-career/#comment-208</link>
		<dc:creator>dapinoyemployee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m so sorry about your situation.  Handling awkward situations like what you&#039;re experiencing right now can be quite stressful, particularly since you don&#039;t really know what&#039;s up.  

I suggest you try to find out what really is the matter with all the snobbing that you&#039;ve been experiencing.  Is it really the helper doing and saying all the bad stuff like you suspect or is there another person/s contributing?  You might also want to look at the rumors being spread about you and determine if they&#039;re true or partially correct.  If you need to apologize to anyone about anything, then do so.  

If, however, what people have been saying about you is totally untrue, go to the next step:

Try to find a &#039;neutral&#039; party -- someone at the office who is levelheaded and doesn&#039;t take sides and try to find out what&#039;s going on, then move from there.

You could also try to talk privately with that other person who was nicer to you.  My guess is that he/she is probably willing to tell you what&#039;s up.  Listen carefully and get as much information as you can.  

Do not try to confront the helper in any way.  If she&#039;s from another country, you might have a difficulty in communicating with her, in case there&#039;s a language or cultural barrier -- no offense.  Second, you will only make her feel more important than she is.  I believe this is one person who&#039;s trying to do powerplay and actually using more ammo and leverage than she really has.  

Whatever happens, do not involve your boss or go crying to him, asking to make &#039;kampi&#039; to you.  That might be taken as a sign of weakness.  Do your job well and try to excel in it.  Document what you do so you have proof of your good performance.  

Lastly, is there a way for you to make friends with other people at the office?  It sounds as if there&#039;s only a few of you kabayans there.  

If your kabayans trust the office help more than they do you, it speaks a lot regarding their maturity and character.  For God&#039;s sake... mga Pinoy kayo in a foreign land.  You are all in the same boat.  What would they gain from ganging up on you?

I wish you good luck and I hope you overcome this small bump on your road to progress as a Pinoy Employee.  God bless.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m so sorry about your situation.  Handling awkward situations like what you&#8217;re experiencing right now can be quite stressful, particularly since you don&#8217;t really know what&#8217;s up.  </p>
<p>I suggest you try to find out what really is the matter with all the snobbing that you&#8217;ve been experiencing.  Is it really the helper doing and saying all the bad stuff like you suspect or is there another person/s contributing?  You might also want to look at the rumors being spread about you and determine if they&#8217;re true or partially correct.  If you need to apologize to anyone about anything, then do so.  </p>
<p>If, however, what people have been saying about you is totally untrue, go to the next step:</p>
<p>Try to find a &#8216;neutral&#8217; party &#8212; someone at the office who is levelheaded and doesn&#8217;t take sides and try to find out what&#8217;s going on, then move from there.</p>
<p>You could also try to talk privately with that other person who was nicer to you.  My guess is that he/she is probably willing to tell you what&#8217;s up.  Listen carefully and get as much information as you can.  </p>
<p>Do not try to confront the helper in any way.  If she&#8217;s from another country, you might have a difficulty in communicating with her, in case there&#8217;s a language or cultural barrier &#8212; no offense.  Second, you will only make her feel more important than she is.  I believe this is one person who&#8217;s trying to do powerplay and actually using more ammo and leverage than she really has.  </p>
<p>Whatever happens, do not involve your boss or go crying to him, asking to make &#8216;kampi&#8217; to you.  That might be taken as a sign of weakness.  Do your job well and try to excel in it.  Document what you do so you have proof of your good performance.  </p>
<p>Lastly, is there a way for you to make friends with other people at the office?  It sounds as if there&#8217;s only a few of you kabayans there.  </p>
<p>If your kabayans trust the office help more than they do you, it speaks a lot regarding their maturity and character.  For God&#8217;s sake&#8230; mga Pinoy kayo in a foreign land.  You are all in the same boat.  What would they gain from ganging up on you?</p>
<p>I wish you good luck and I hope you overcome this small bump on your road to progress as a Pinoy Employee.  God bless.</p>
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		<title>Comment on How to Face and Manage Nasty Officemates by dapinoyemployee</title>
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		<dc:creator>dapinoyemployee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Way to go!  I&#039;m glad you&#039;ve found a way to handle a person who cannot contribute to your progress as an employee and as a person.  Never let anyone get the better of you.  Do your job well, focus on the positive and never lose your temper.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Way to go!  I&#8217;m glad you&#8217;ve found a way to handle a person who cannot contribute to your progress as an employee and as a person.  Never let anyone get the better of you.  Do your job well, focus on the positive and never lose your temper.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Bad Performance Review?  How to Rise Above It and Shine by Philippine Jobs</title>
		<link>http://dapinoyemployee.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/how-to-deal-with-a-bad-performance-review/#comment-206</link>
		<dc:creator>Philippine Jobs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This also means do not jump into conclusions. It&#039;s rarely a good idea to share career plans with your bosses and colleagues until you have signed a new job offer, and neither does accepting a counter-offer from your present company. However, if the company clearly gives you a &quot;go away&quot; signal, then they should be happy to give you good references that describe your real contributions to the company.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This also means do not jump into conclusions. It&#8217;s rarely a good idea to share career plans with your bosses and colleagues until you have signed a new job offer, and neither does accepting a counter-offer from your present company. However, if the company clearly gives you a &#8220;go away&#8221; signal, then they should be happy to give you good references that describe your real contributions to the company.</p>
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		<title>Comment on How to Face and Manage Nasty Officemates by Shri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is really useful...im having a nasty office mate.... i&#039;ve been working here before he came.... after he came i hate this place... i cant hang up any more.... i thought of giving up my job... My job is fine... my boss is really nice.... im enjoying my work... but why this idiot is not leaving me alone? he pokes his nose in to my work... spread gossips about me... sometimes he try to rule me! However after reading this, i think i can handle this idiot. After all why i should give up my career just because of this jerk!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is really useful&#8230;im having a nasty office mate&#8230;. i&#8217;ve been working here before he came&#8230;. after he came i hate this place&#8230; i cant hang up any more&#8230;. i thought of giving up my job&#8230; My job is fine&#8230; my boss is really nice&#8230;. im enjoying my work&#8230; but why this idiot is not leaving me alone? he pokes his nose in to my work&#8230; spread gossips about me&#8230; sometimes he try to rule me! However after reading this, i think i can handle this idiot. After all why i should give up my career just because of this jerk!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Should You Snitch?  Why Spying on Your Officemates May Be Bad for Your Career by oz</title>
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		<dc:creator>oz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hi. i am an OFW here in the UAE. i used to have good working relationship with two of my so-called &quot;pinoy kabayans&quot; when i was just starting with this firm. lately, our office helper -who is from another country seems to have a knack at finding faults on me and in the process my kababyans started ignoring me when a recent criticism about me just came to a head. it&#039;s really dissapointing why this sudden switch on their part as i couldn&#039;t engage anymore in a casual conversation with my fellow filipinos. i started to feel like a loner in the workplace and out of touch on any office announcements. what&#039;s more frustrating is that they seem to trust the office helper rather than me. i tried to talk things out with them, they just shrugged it off. one tried to respond nicely, while the other just seem not to talk about it and ignore the subject. one more thing, the office helper used to run errand for all of us and buy things at the store downstairs. now she exempts me this time around, i just try to ignore it and go on with my work. how will i handle this kind of people before the boss finds out? besides i don&#039;t want him thinking of me as an isolated employee who does nothing good while the others feast on the office pantry whenever he is out for a meeting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi. i am an OFW here in the UAE. i used to have good working relationship with two of my so-called &#8220;pinoy kabayans&#8221; when i was just starting with this firm. lately, our office helper -who is from another country seems to have a knack at finding faults on me and in the process my kababyans started ignoring me when a recent criticism about me just came to a head. it&#8217;s really dissapointing why this sudden switch on their part as i couldn&#8217;t engage anymore in a casual conversation with my fellow filipinos. i started to feel like a loner in the workplace and out of touch on any office announcements. what&#8217;s more frustrating is that they seem to trust the office helper rather than me. i tried to talk things out with them, they just shrugged it off. one tried to respond nicely, while the other just seem not to talk about it and ignore the subject. one more thing, the office helper used to run errand for all of us and buy things at the store downstairs. now she exempts me this time around, i just try to ignore it and go on with my work. how will i handle this kind of people before the boss finds out? besides i don&#8217;t want him thinking of me as an isolated employee who does nothing good while the others feast on the office pantry whenever he is out for a meeting.</p>
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		<title>Comment on How to Handle Your Big, Bad Difficult Boss by Sally</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think it is correct to say never correct your boss.  Whatever it is, the boss always wins.  He can manipulate every situation to make your life miserble.  If you want to keep your job, have to learn to keep emotions under control, not yap too much to co-workers or else be prepared to pack your bags.  I wish there is justice in the work place but from my experience, bosses always win.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think it is correct to say never correct your boss.  Whatever it is, the boss always wins.  He can manipulate every situation to make your life miserble.  If you want to keep your job, have to learn to keep emotions under control, not yap too much to co-workers or else be prepared to pack your bags.  I wish there is justice in the work place but from my experience, bosses always win.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Sexual Harassment in the Philippines: What It Is and What You Should Do by jojo</title>
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		<dc:creator>jojo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>no comment all i know it is good hehehe!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>no comment all i know it is good hehehe!!</p>
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