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Dan Boyer It’s Thanksgiving. Are we really thankful? Sure, we are happy that we get to be with our families during the Holidays and we get to eat mass quantities of good food and lie around with our bellies sticking out more than normal and watch football. What about Thanksgiving in the workplace? I read an article recently that caused me to think about working for this Company. I find myself getting a little cranky and complaining about certain parts of my job. You know, the glass half empty attitude people get when they don’t see the good in things and focus only on the bad. Those folks are sometimes a little hard to be around and continue to maintain your positive attitude. I decided I was going to take a moment to reflect on the good things I have to be thankful for here at work. First, I am thankful I have a job. The economy has tumbled for a lot of companies and caused them to lay off employees with no certainty that they will be called back. Even though the construction business has also suffered, we are still going thanks to the diversity of the Manatt family of businesses. We have not seen mass layoffs or wage cuts or loss of benefits. I am thankful and I am going to pass that on to my bosses. We should all do the same. Second, I am surrounded by good people who work hard and take the time to have some fun. We can kid and joke with each other but the work gets done. If someone is having a bad day, the other employees give them some space and offer words of encouragement. Employees genuinely care about each other, and it shows. I am going to take the time to tell those people that make me want to keep working here, that I appreciate them. I had an employee stop in the office recently and say that things were bothering him/her more than usual and she/he was more impatient and easily irritated. I have noticed that we are anxious because of the situations with the economy, Iraq, the terrorists and we are subconsciously worried…….all the more reason to be there for each other. We are each other’s support group when we aren’t at home. Do yourself a favor and help make someone else’s day………..SMILE! It’s contagious.
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