10 Horrifying Things Nobody Tells You About Being The Boss
10. You're Responsible For Everyone Else's Work
Being responsible for the caliber and efficiency of your own contributions is simply a part of life. But being responsible for others' contributions is its own special brand of suckiness. Without the stringent enforcement of deadlines, workplace productivity levels would be, for lack of a better term, piss-poor. When you become The Boss, you are essentially cornered into maintaining high standards of quality and efficiency among your employees. The task is as soul-crushing as it sounds. It's challenging enough to keep your own lazy mind off of what happened on last night's The Voice and remain focused on the task at hand. Now multiply that "I don't want to do this" mentality by every employee you're managing. It's not just about keeping your own head in the game any moreit's about keeping everyone else on target, too. Face it: You'd all rather be shooting Nerf guns and having wheely-chair races down the hallway. But the onus is now on you to put the kibosh on all things fun and to place the company's needs ahead of everyone else'sthus putting you on the fast-track to becoming the Office Buzzkill.
