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The Modern Day Workplace

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After more than two decades of working in Human Resources I feel like I've seen it all. It's just my opinion when I say the modern day workplace may not be the nicest place to spend a large chunk of your life. My observations of the modern day workplace are these. Fit The Mould Or Else You Are A Bad Employee I was blown away the other week as I watched Anh Do interview Dr Charlie Teo on 'Anh's Brush With Fame'. Dr Teo, a high-profile Australian neurosurgeon clearly does not fit the mould when it comes to the modern day workplace. He lives by the principle that 'a doctor should always treat his patients as he would a member of his own family'. On the show Dr Teo makes no bones about the fact that many neurosurgeons won't operate on patients where there is a risk and they hide behind the excuse that their patients tumour is inoperable. Bottom dollar is these surgeons don't want to risk getting sued if something goes wrong and the hospitals h...