3 Bad Work Habits You Need to Change Right Now

Have you been at your job for a long time? That’s both a good and a bad thing. It’s good to have a stable job, but it can also be bad if you start to relax too much. Once you’ve been at a job for a while, it’s tempting to get comfortable. Unfortunately, if you get too comfy at your job, you can sometimes develop horrible work habits. Here are three bad habits you need to stop practicing today.

1. Showing up late

Maybe you’re not a morning person, but you’re going to have to learn to wake up earlier if you want to keep your job. Consistently arriving after your agreed-upon start time not only shows lack of discipline but also disrespect for your manager and co-workers. Roughly one in four workers (25%) admitted to being late to work at least once a month. Even worse, about 13% said they’re late once a week, according to a recent Career Builder survey. If you have a valid reason for the lateness, arrange a meeting with your boss to explain your situation. Most of the time, ignoring the problem and hoping it will go unnoticed will not work in your favor. An employer will eventually grow weary of your lateness and fire you for disregarding company policy. One in five of employers surveyed by CareerBuilder (21%) said they have fired an employee for tardiness.

2. Dressing poorly

There’s no excuse for looking sloppy at work. How you look matters because it shows that you respect your employer and you are serious about your job. Simply throwing on whatever falls out of your closet isn’t a great idea. Perrie Samotin, editorial director at fashion site StyleCaster, said dressing well for work is a must, even if you work in a casual environment.

3. Refusing to be a team player

Even if you don’t like people, it’s important to learn to work well with your co-workers. Being uncooperative, unavailable, or just plain rude is a sure way to kill your career. Work on improving your attitude or do some soul-searching to see if your job or your career are really the best fit for you. Leadership expert Peter B. Stark said having team spirit is necessary for the success of a company. “Team members do not have to like teamwork. They do not even have to believe that the formation of the team was a good idea. But team members are supposed to do everything that they can, in their particular job, to make the team successful. That is their job,” said Stark.

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