Leave the Tiara At Home

Workplace Buzz on June 20, 2007 2:15 PM

'Workplace Princesses' can be royal pains, writes John Eckberg for the Cincinnati Enquirer

A survey earlier this year from Rachelle Canter, author of the executive career handbook "Make the Right Career Move," (Wiley, $21.95), found that 48 percent of American workers say there is a Workplace Princess at their job site.

According to the survey of 506 adults, which is accurate to plus or minus 5 percentage points, 48 percent of Workplace Princesses expect special favors from employers; 47 percent believe they are being treated unfairly; and 35 percent make other people do their work for them.

Women do not have a monopoly on such entitlement either, according to the survey conducted by Opinion Research Inc. of Princeton, N.J., in March. One of every six workers, about 16 percent, believes that the Workplace Princess on their job is a man.

To find out if you are one, answer these questions:

Do most of your questions begin with "I want" or "I need"?

When things go wrong, do you blame the situation and other people?

Do you know the career goals of your friends and co-workers or only your own?

Comments (1)

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