Complain about Work in the Right Place (and only in the right place)

"Help! My friend won’t stop complaining about work and I just can’t take any more" 

 - CNBC, October 28, 2022.

Obviously, this person's friend hasn't discovered all those professional anonymous networks such as Reddit, Fishbowl, and Blind. There are units and subunits for just about every line of work. In addition there are overarching ones like Reddit Career Questions. 

Not only are those venues exactly right for ranting. Seasoned players with information and insight provide useful responses to whatever situations are being presented. Here, for example, is the Fishbowl Consulting thread about all the artificial urgency created in terms of deadlines. 

Meanwhile, complaining about work has always branded the whiner as a loser. And downright dangerous to the business. After I started my enterprises in 2004, former colleagues wanted contract work with me. You bet, I didn't hire any of the complainers. Not only did I not want to put up with the negativity. I assumed that I would soon enough be included in what they found to whine about. 

Part of the success formulas for businesses is figuring out how to prevent a culture of complaint in the organizations.

Law firm Jones Day does that through its black box operational system. Since nobody but the managing partner knows what is going on there is nothing to complain about. At least not with much credibility. 

In the past law firm Paul Weiss had established an ethos of positivity through rewards. Those who were assessed as "committed" had received off-season bonuses. That's big.

In my intuitive career coaching practice I recommend that clients be circumspect in the company grapevine. Yes, listen to the complaining but don't participate. Anything and everything negative can and will be held against them.

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