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Like other people here, I don't suck up either. I just do a great job. There have been two rounds of lay-offs in the company I work for since I started last May. One that happened just yesterday, as a matter of fact. They let some people go and reduced all of our salaries by 8%. As a result of the lay-off, my workload is going to increase exponentially which conflicts in a jarring fashion with the realization that I am going to be paid less to do it. Yet, I still must be happy that I have a job.
I am morally opposed to 'sucking up' unless the sucking up is honest. Sometimes sucking up is honest - if you really do admire and appreciate the people you are sucking up to. But anyway the person whose workload I will be picking up starting next week was let go primarily because he didn't 'get it' they said. Meaning he was not a 'team player,' not enthusiastic enough about 'the dream', etc. etc. Which made me laugh inside a little because anyone who knows me, knows that I don't 'get it,' either. I think the difference though between this fellow and myself is simple maturity and professionalism. If you bring those to work with you everyday, then you don't need to worry about sucking up and you don't need to worry about being thought to not 'get it', either. Save your sarcasm and bitching for the family dinner table and facebook where they belong. That is, of course, unless you made the mistake of friending work people on facebook, lol. Then your avenues are a little more limited.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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