As a employee, how do I prove myself to my boss?

As a employee, how do I prove myself to my boss?

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I just started my first job out of college, but the boss is not giving me anything to do except menial tasks. Was it a bait and switch? How can I prove myself without looking pushy?

Be pushy! But in a nice way. Don’t be annoying — keep smiling, be positive and do the menial tasks as if they are the most important to the company.

Make this a reflection of how seriously you take your responsibilities and demonstrate that you can and should be given more.


There’s no bad thing about being pushy in the workplace, writes Greg Giangrande. iStock

Some bosses do this as a test of character, some aren’t thinking, and some are old fashioned, but the only way to remedy this is to kill them with kindness and don’t let them wear you down.

Make them want to give you more because you are so damn good and positive, not because you are whining.

I was hired for a job, filling out all the direct deposit information, taking a drug test, and was even made to install an app that allowed the company to access my phone. I was told that I just needed to wait for a slot in the training class to open.

After two months of texting the hiring manager only to hear “I’ll call you today or tomorrow,” I was told that the classes are on indefinite hold. So after two months, I’m without a job. Are there grounds to sue?

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There are grounds to sue if a job offered a position and then rescinded it after months. Getty Images/iStockphoto

Let’s start with the common question asked by aggrieved employees: “Do I have grounds to sue?” The answer is almost always yes, because the employment laws and case laws are being challenged, rewritten and overturned all the time.

The real questions is, did the company violate a law or their policy?

Employers are allowed to rescind offers — business circumstances change all the time — but did they make a written or oral agreement that requires them to compensate you for the change?

A judge or jury would be sympathetic to a person who quit their job on the basis of a promise of a new job only to have that job offer rescinded and be out of work and income.

Even if a law or contract wasn’t technically broken, a settlement is something worth pursuing.

Gregory Giangrande has over 25 years of experience as a chief human resources executive. Hear Greg Wed. at 9:35 a.m. on iHeartRadio 710 WOR with Len Berman and Michael Riedel. Email: GoToGreg@NYPost.com. Follow: GoToGreg.com and on Twitter: @GregGiangrande



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