We know how it is: You start your new corporate job: new title, new business cards, new corporate AmEx, new Blackberry. (This is all super exciting if these perks come with your first job-- yea! You've made it!)
At first you're excited to get the Blackberry.1 Make calls, check e-mail, and surf the internet: check, check, and check!
Then, the next thing you know you're bored at your desk and you check out BrickBreaker...who knew how much fun this little game could be? Check some e-mails, return a few phone calls, beat three new levels in BrickBreaker, e-mail the boss at the last possible second before you leave with a quick status update... and it's time to head home for the day. (Yea, L knows how it is!)
But, be warned: do not be tempted to indulge in the BlackBerry during a meeting, whether it's a one-on-one with your boss or co-workers, or in a room filled with executives. (Especially the latter!) Yes, you may very well see the Vice President of Operations scrolling through hers, but she's come a long way and has earned her title (and thus, scrolling privileges).
Is the message you send to higher-ups that you're an uninterested, bored employee? What is so important to you that you can't pay attention for 20 minutes?
If you must bring the BlackBerry with you, make sure it's on silent, and resist the urge to pick it up and see what the flashing red light is about!
1. When will iPhones start being the norm? In L's opinion they are way more chic.
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