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Technical Issues?

Have you ever had a technical issue (monitor fried, computer virus, phone system down, internet out... etc.,) that interfere with your normal work day? If so,what happened and how did you work around the problem?  http://www.deskdemon.com/community/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=demon&Number=68292&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&part= Posted by gee4 04/02/09 02:44 AM Working Relationships - Your Boss and You      We have touched on this briefly in a recent posting and I just thought we could explore it further. I for one do not seem to have ever had the working relationships that many of you seem to have with your bosses and line managers. For whatever reason, be it culture, policy or just down to the individuals themselves, I have always found my relationship with any boss a professional one. Perhaps that is due to the fact that I have faced redundancy and therefore have not been in any one company longer than 2, 3 or 5 years to establish a more deep-rooted working relationship. I am a very private person, unlike others in my current company who like to hear themselves speak and involve themselves in everyone's business. For me I am here to work and so my relationship with my boss is about work. That said I have always found my bosses to be private themselves whereas other secretaries and bosses seem to be a bit more personal with each other. Again that may come with a long-standing history of working with each other or perhaps they communicate better. One of my last bosses was a nightmare (the bully) and no matter what I did to try and establish a better working relationship and help him, he didn't want to know. At interviews we are often asked, how do do you deal with a difficult boss? I always feel you can try ways of initiating a good working relationship but it is not always accepted and life can therefore be difficult. I would be interested to hear your comments on this and whether you think your relationship with your boss should be more than just a professional one, or do you think things work just fine. I think I have found it very difficult due to being down-trodden by other bosses in the past. It therefore makes me sit back a little instead of being pro-active at times. What do you think?  http://www.deskdemon.com/community/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=admins4admins&Number=67921&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&part=