Student X worked at Panera Bread and initially enjoyed the job and formed close bonds with coworkers and managers. However, new management changed the work environment, making it less enjoyable and causing employees to call out sick and refuse shifts. The positive work culture deteriorated into chaos on busy weekends. The student realized they had enough and quit, though the experience taught them about the importance of good leadership.
Week 9Answer each question for the 1,2 and 3 topics.Topic 1.docxhelzerpatrina
Week 9
Answer each question for the 1,2 and 3 topics.
Topic 1
Are good workplace manners important to day? After all; if the bottom line is the goal, who cares how we get there. Are we letting rudeness, disrespect, and overall uncivil behavior become an acceptable attitude in the workplace? Think about situations you have been in whether it involve coworkers, customer service or general observations. Have you observed bad behavior?
Topic 2
The idea of a "job" has changed dramatically over the years. Some people still look at it as a lifetime career; others look at it as a stepping stone.
What does/will having a job mean to you? Money, power, prestige, comfort, pension, respect, a way to pay the rent? What do/will you expect from your employer and what are you going to give your employer in exchange for your paycheck?
Topic 3
Body art is a form of nonverbal communication and nearly 30% of American adults have one or more tattoos. What advice would you give a career-conscious, ambitious friend if they were to ask you whether you think they should display it at work?
Here are the answers from classmates for the topic please reply for each number a reply on the answer.
Topic 1
1.Good workplace manners are especially important at this day and time, as generations appear to be coming off as more and more disrespectful. While their may be a bottom line with established goals, it is still important to progress towards them with respect and strong work ethic!! This topic works me up and I can not stress enough just how important it is to have an appropriate and professional set of workplace manners. I have witnessed too much bad behavior through out my careers so far and it is all so unsettling. Personally, I do not tolerate rudeness, disrespect, and overall uncivil behavior in the workplace, it is completely unacceptable. Termination should always take place when situations like the ones being mentioned here, arise.
2.I believe good workplace manners are very important to establishing a collaborative work environment. While the prompt is correct that the end goal is what is most important, the truth is that when coworkers get along it is conducive to more productivity. When work hours are spent resolving conflicts, stewing over disputes, or simply distracted over poor manners, less work gets done. Additionally, when co-workers can communicate freely they are more likely to put their heads together and come up with creative solutions to problems and innovative ideas that can save the company money, which may not have been possible with only one person thinking in isolation. All that being said, it should be recognized that people from different backgrounds have different ideas of what is considered good manners. There are many instances where what an employee perceives as rude behavior is really just a cultural difference. I have not myself observed much bad behavior in the work place, I have been lucky to work in places where employee ...
Your relationship with your boss is the most important work relationship that you have. Because it's this relationship that determines what work you do, your career progression, your increases and bonuses but ultimately your work happiness too. Because if you have a bad relationship or communications with your boss, you are going to hate your job. Find out how to have the best possible one on ones with your boss and how to build a better relationship with your boss.
Week 9Answer each question for the 1,2 and 3 topics.Topic 1.docxhelzerpatrina
Week 9
Answer each question for the 1,2 and 3 topics.
Topic 1
Are good workplace manners important to day? After all; if the bottom line is the goal, who cares how we get there. Are we letting rudeness, disrespect, and overall uncivil behavior become an acceptable attitude in the workplace? Think about situations you have been in whether it involve coworkers, customer service or general observations. Have you observed bad behavior?
Topic 2
The idea of a "job" has changed dramatically over the years. Some people still look at it as a lifetime career; others look at it as a stepping stone.
What does/will having a job mean to you? Money, power, prestige, comfort, pension, respect, a way to pay the rent? What do/will you expect from your employer and what are you going to give your employer in exchange for your paycheck?
Topic 3
Body art is a form of nonverbal communication and nearly 30% of American adults have one or more tattoos. What advice would you give a career-conscious, ambitious friend if they were to ask you whether you think they should display it at work?
Here are the answers from classmates for the topic please reply for each number a reply on the answer.
Topic 1
1.Good workplace manners are especially important at this day and time, as generations appear to be coming off as more and more disrespectful. While their may be a bottom line with established goals, it is still important to progress towards them with respect and strong work ethic!! This topic works me up and I can not stress enough just how important it is to have an appropriate and professional set of workplace manners. I have witnessed too much bad behavior through out my careers so far and it is all so unsettling. Personally, I do not tolerate rudeness, disrespect, and overall uncivil behavior in the workplace, it is completely unacceptable. Termination should always take place when situations like the ones being mentioned here, arise.
2.I believe good workplace manners are very important to establishing a collaborative work environment. While the prompt is correct that the end goal is what is most important, the truth is that when coworkers get along it is conducive to more productivity. When work hours are spent resolving conflicts, stewing over disputes, or simply distracted over poor manners, less work gets done. Additionally, when co-workers can communicate freely they are more likely to put their heads together and come up with creative solutions to problems and innovative ideas that can save the company money, which may not have been possible with only one person thinking in isolation. All that being said, it should be recognized that people from different backgrounds have different ideas of what is considered good manners. There are many instances where what an employee perceives as rude behavior is really just a cultural difference. I have not myself observed much bad behavior in the work place, I have been lucky to work in places where employee ...
Your relationship with your boss is the most important work relationship that you have. Because it's this relationship that determines what work you do, your career progression, your increases and bonuses but ultimately your work happiness too. Because if you have a bad relationship or communications with your boss, you are going to hate your job. Find out how to have the best possible one on ones with your boss and how to build a better relationship with your boss.
1. Student X
20 September 2011
Panera Bread
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with. But the job also taught me lessons about the importance of leadership.
I remember having lunch in Panera with my mother one afternoon, discussing
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how nice it would be to work in such an environment. Who would have thought that by
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working really hard.
Luckily, my first general manager organized training sessions so that I could
learn. My first trainer was an expert at teaching and was very patient with me when I
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where informed that one manager was transferring to another Panera, the employees were
upset but not overwhelmed with sadness because he was somewhat strict. When we
found out our other manager, who was fun-loving and a motherly figure, was leaving, we
became concerned that Panera would not be the same.
2. I knew nothing would be the same when the next Bread Bash rolled around.
Every season, the Panera managers hosted a “Bread Bash” for all their employees after
work on Sunday. While it’s real purpose was to introduce employees to new or seasonal
products, Bread Bash was seen by employees as a chance to get paid for eating free food.
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During weekend rushes, it became apparent that the employees’ chemistry with
one another was falling apart. What had once been a carefully constructed line of work
turned into unmanageable chaos. I realized I had had enough. My once-perfect job was
slowly turning into a giant black hole and sucking me into it. The decision was made; I
quit.
Upon reflection, my experience at Panera was beneficial. Yes, I left some friends
and my boyfriend behind, but I saved my sanity, and I now realize that no amount of
money can make a hated job tolerable (well at least when one is talking about the typical
wages in service industries). In addition, quitting gave me a chance to start in retail, a
field I have grown to love. The most important lesson I learned is about the key role that
management plays in the life of an employee and in the success of a business.