Re:Please follow her advice. (Score 1)

>>When the annual review comes up the people that take pride or work hard will move ahead Depends on how you define "hard work." In most real companies, the people who work "hard" by putting in the most hours will certainly get bonus money but they are also guaranteed bonus work to do. I have heard many complaints from my long-suffering IT colleagues who never have enough team members to get the job done and are always calling their spouses because they'll be home late. Is that moving ahead? I don't know. Ask their families, or ask their doctors. On the other hand, those who work "hard" by thinking a lot about business processes, information analysis, customer psychology, and management indecision and incompetence, and who focus on making their own work as efficient as possible, and absolutely do not work the extra hours expected of everyone -- well those "hard" workers might get a financial bonus, but usually do not get bonus work because mgmt doesn't have a high opinion or high visibility of them. Who's really ahead?