Week 6 EOC: Analysis of Girls

First, the show was quite good in showing some issues that happen inside and even outside the workplace. I first noticed the way in which she resigned from her position at the coffee shop. There was a lack of professionalism from both the employee and the employer. In some cases, this type of informal resignation would be acceptable, however, in most cases this should not be an acceptable was to resign from your job, it can cause significant internal issues and shows other employees that it is acceptable to function in this manner.

 Another issue that really stood out to me was the fact that upon entering her new work place there was really no direction or guidance from her new employer. There seemed to be no type of formal training or setting of expectations. Training is so important “even high-potential employees don’t know what to do and how to do it, they will improvise or do nothing useful at all. Furthermore, by one estimate, about three-fourths of 30-something-aged high achievers begin looking for new positions within a year of starting, often due to dissatisfaction with inadequate training.20 Employers also increasingly capitalize on the fact that training fosters engagement” (Dessler,235).

Further there was a significant amount to company time and resources (i.e. phones) being used for gossip. I felt this was something that was done often and should not be allowed, it causes too many distractions and lack of focus on daily tasks.  This could also be said of the owner of the coffee shop, he seemed to use his company phone often to contact a woman that he was sexually involved with.