{"id":36899,"date":"2020-04-27T03:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/?p=36899"},"modified":"2020-04-27T10:41:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:41:56","slug":"my-boss-is-slowing-me-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/my-boss-is-slowing-me-down\/","title":{"rendered":"My Boss is Slowing Me Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;HELP! My boss is slowing me down. Since COVID-19 my boss is out in the field. I want to clean faster but the jobs are taking too long.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do I say &#8220;<em>my boss is taking too long in her cleaning<\/em>?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Should I talk to my boss?&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ask-house-cleaner-angela-brown-savvy-cleaner-house\/id1219964465?mt=2\" data-lasso-id=\"10175\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4631 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0-Podcast-Rss-Spacer-Savvy-Cleaner.jpg\" alt=\"Podcast Rss Spacer Savvy Cleaner\" width=\"784\" height=\"103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0-Podcast-Rss-Spacer-Savvy-Cleaner.jpg 760w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0-Podcast-Rss-Spacer-Savvy-Cleaner-270x36.jpg 270w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0-Podcast-Rss-Spacer-Savvy-Cleaner-320x42.jpg 320w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0-Podcast-Rss-Spacer-Savvy-Cleaner-300x39.jpg 300w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0-Podcast-Rss-Spacer-Savvy-Cleaner-400x53.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Listen: My Boss is Slowing Me Down<\/h2>\n<p><center><iframe style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/14112569\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/iNyp7U\" data-lasso-id=\"10176\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/Savvy-Cleaner-Spacers\/0-YouTube-spacer-Savvy-Cleaner.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Spacer Savvy Cleaner\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch: My Boss is Slowing Me Down<\/h2>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7ixi-Uj-pW8?loop=1&amp;playlist=7ixi-Uj-pW8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nHey there, I&#8217;m <a href=\"http:\/\/AngelaBrown.com\" data-lasso-id=\"10177\">Angela Brown<\/a>, and this is <a href=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/show\" data-lasso-id=\"10178\">Ask a House Cleaner<\/a>. This is a show where you get to ask a house cleaning question, and I get to help you find an answer. You can find this and 400 other answered questions in this series on our <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/UCs92v\" data-lasso-id=\"10179\">YouTube<\/a> channel.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My Boss is Slowing Me Down<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36916 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Talks-on-Phone-Looks-at-Watch-400x267.png\" alt=\"My Boss is Slowing Me Down, Woman Talks on Phone Looks at Watch\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Talks-on-Phone-Looks-at-Watch-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Talks-on-Phone-Looks-at-Watch-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Talks-on-Phone-Looks-at-Watch-270x180.png 270w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Talks-on-Phone-Looks-at-Watch-320x214.png 320w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Talks-on-Phone-Looks-at-Watch.png 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><em>&#8220;My boss is slowing me down. Should we talk?&#8221;\u00a0 <\/em>Here is a very interesting question that goes like this. &#8220;<em>My name is Melissa. I currently work for a house cleaning company where it&#8217;s the owner and currently myself.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That being the case, she&#8217;s been cleaning alongside me more often now that she&#8217;s low on cleaners. I find that she&#8217;s always on her phone. She doesn&#8217;t do her part of the cleaning, and when I&#8217;m finished with what I&#8217;m cleaning, I have to turn around and start helping with her side of cleaning.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My question is, should I say something? Also, she&#8217;s changing the times on the houses so that I&#8217;m not even being paid for the full time that I&#8217;m there. We&#8217;re taking so much longer with her as my partner that I&#8217;m not being paid as much as I should.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand Both Points of View<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36920 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Wears-Mask-While-Cleaning-400x267.png\" alt=\"My Boss is Slowing Me Down, Women in Mask Holding Bottles\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Wears-Mask-While-Cleaning-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Wears-Mask-While-Cleaning-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Wears-Mask-While-Cleaning-270x180.png 270w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Wears-Mask-While-Cleaning-320x213.png 320w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Wears-Mask-While-Cleaning.png 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>So, you need to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recruitguelph.ca\/cecs\/students-alumni\/succeed-job\/understanding-your-boss\" data-lasso-id=\"10180\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">understand the pain that your boss<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in, where right now she&#8217;s very short-staffed during this pandemic. However, she should also understand the pain that you are in. Where you&#8217;re working with your boss and she&#8217;s slowing you down, she&#8217;s talking on the phone and she&#8217;s not living up to the standards that you guys worked from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s most likely that she&#8217;s rusty on the house cleaning. If she doesn&#8217;t clean on a regular basis she may need a boost in her skills. But she probably doesn&#8217;t have the luxury of sending herself back through training.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication is Key Right Now<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36907 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Note-Communication-is-the-Key-to-Success-400x351.png\" alt=\"My Boss is Slowing Me Down, Note, Communication is the Key to Success\" width=\"323\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Note-Communication-is-the-Key-to-Success-400x351.png 400w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Note-Communication-is-the-Key-to-Success-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Note-Communication-is-the-Key-to-Success-270x237.png 270w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Note-Communication-is-the-Key-to-Success-320x281.png 320w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Note-Communication-is-the-Key-to-Success.png 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/>All right, that said, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/axerosolutions.com\/blogs\/timeisenhauer\/pulse\/285\/how-to-communicate-with-your-boss-at-work-10-tips-to-improve-corporate-communications\" data-lasso-id=\"10181\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">communication is going to be key<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> right now. Because right now she&#8217;s scrambling to keep business going so she can keep paychecks coming in, so she can keep food on your table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so, if you go back to her and you say, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey, you&#8217;re going too slow<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&#8221; you&#8217;re going to upset her or offend her and she might say, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take the next couple of weeks off<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication is key, and so you have to think of a way inside your head where you can be diplomatic. Now, diplomacy is part of every business transaction. Because every time somebody opens their mouth and they say something, you have your own filter that you&#8217;re running it through.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use Your Filter When You Talk to Your Boss<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36923 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Women-Talking-400x267.png\" alt=\"My Boss is Slowing Me Down, Women Talking\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Women-Talking-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Women-Talking-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Women-Talking-270x180.png 270w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Women-Talking-320x213.png 320w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Women-Talking.png 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>You have to use your mental filter. So, you hear the words and you&#8217;re like, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, that was a dumb thing to say<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&#8221; or, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can&#8217;t believe that my boss is being so slow<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221;\u00a0 We have these judgments that are internal judgments that go through our own thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So when you are in front of your boss and she&#8217;s taking an extra amount of time, it&#8217;s important that you have a conversation with diplomacy. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillsyouneed.com\/ips\/tact-diplomacy.html\" data-lasso-id=\"10182\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diplomacy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> means this: <em>&#8220;I got to be very careful about what I say and I have to say it in a way that is not offensive, that&#8217;s not going to get me fired from my job.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, what that means is you say, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey, listen, can I talk to you on the way home today after we&#8217;re done cleaning the house? Because I know we have to hurry because time is of the essence and these jobs are taking much longer than they&#8217;re supposed to take<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a Private Conversation Between You and Your Boss<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36910 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Two-Women-Talking-400x267.png\" alt=\"My Boss is Slowing Me Down, Two Women Talking\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Two-Women-Talking-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Two-Women-Talking-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Two-Women-Talking-270x180.png 270w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Two-Women-Talking-320x214.png 320w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Two-Women-Talking.png 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Okay, so now you&#8217;ve planted a seed. Now on the way home today, and if you&#8217;re driving together if not, you need to get together at the end of the day after the job is over. Do not do this at a customer&#8217;s house where a customer might be within earshot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a private conversation between you and your boss. You should <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/work.chron.com\/communicate-boss-7124.html\" data-lasso-id=\"10183\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">communicate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> face to face. This is not through text, though. Then what you&#8217;re going to say to her is this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey listen, I noticed that since COVID-19 we&#8217;re doing a lot of more disinfecting properties than we were before. And the jobs are taking us a whole lot longer to clean. I wanted to know what your approach was and what we can do as a team to be faster<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221; And then let her give you the answers, and if for some reason she says, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, I don&#8217;t know what we could do that&#8217;s any faster<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&#8221; you might want to have some suggestions of your own.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have Some Suggestions for How to Go Faster<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36908 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Solution-and-Problem-Puzzle-Pieces-400x267.png\" alt=\"My Boss is Slowing Me Down, Solution and Problem Puzzle Pieces\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Solution-and-Problem-Puzzle-Pieces-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Solution-and-Problem-Puzzle-Pieces-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Solution-and-Problem-Puzzle-Pieces-270x180.png 270w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Solution-and-Problem-Puzzle-Pieces-320x214.png 320w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Solution-and-Problem-Puzzle-Pieces.png 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>One of the suggestions that you might have is that &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey, can we split up and go to different jobs? I&#8217;ll do this job, you do that job and we&#8217;re both paid on the jobs that we do<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&#8221; instead of being paid on a rate where it&#8217;s taking you much longer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And then you can bring up those scenarios and bring them up in a way that&#8217;s helpful, and what this means is don&#8217;t ever come like, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey, I have a problem<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&#8221; unless you also bring a solution. So, when you bring a solution, that&#8217;s where the diplomacy comes in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where you say, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I heard what you said and I&#8217;d like to make a suggestion if that&#8217;s okay. I was thinking about it and I was thinking if we did it this way, would this solve this problem<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?&#8221; And you ask it as a question so that they can say, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well yeah, that might solve it as a problem<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don&#8217;t Accuse Your Boss<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36906 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Man-with-Open-Mouth-Be-Careful-With-What-You-Say-and-How-You-Say-It-400x248.png\" alt=\"My Boss is Slowing Me Down, Man with Open Mouth, Be Careful With What You Say and How You Say It\" width=\"400\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Man-with-Open-Mouth-Be-Careful-With-What-You-Say-and-How-You-Say-It-400x248.png 400w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Man-with-Open-Mouth-Be-Careful-With-What-You-Say-and-How-You-Say-It-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Man-with-Open-Mouth-Be-Careful-With-What-You-Say-and-How-You-Say-It-270x168.png 270w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Man-with-Open-Mouth-Be-Careful-With-What-You-Say-and-How-You-Say-It-320x199.png 320w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Man-with-Open-Mouth-Be-Careful-With-What-You-Say-and-How-You-Say-It.png 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Where if you&#8217;re making a statement, you&#8217;re saying, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, you do this and you do that. Why are you taking so long and why are you on the phone<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?&#8221; Those are accusations and it puts them on the defensive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so now she&#8217;s going to come back with all the reasons why she&#8217;s in the right and you&#8217;re in the wrong. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencelife.com\/article\/everyday-diplomacy\/\" data-lasso-id=\"10184\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">diplomacy is in every conversation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and it&#8217;s going to be useful for all conversations.\u00a0 You can also use diplomacy with your spouse, with your kids, with your parents.\u00a0 With everyone!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, try to hear first what they&#8217;re saying, and then if you&#8217;re going to bring a problem, also bring a solution and hear what they have to say first. Ask a question and see what their answers are. &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, how do we resolve this? <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0This is not, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to fix this because this is your problem<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221; It&#8217;s we. We are a team. How do we fix this?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are a Team with Your Boss<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36905 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Man-and-Woman-We-are-a-Team-400x267.png\" alt=\"My Boss is Slowing Me Down, Man and Woman, We are a Team\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Man-and-Woman-We-are-a-Team-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Man-and-Woman-We-are-a-Team-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Man-and-Woman-We-are-a-Team-270x180.png 270w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Man-and-Woman-We-are-a-Team-320x213.png 320w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Man-and-Woman-We-are-a-Team.png 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Once you say we as a team, now you&#8217;re both in this together.\u00a0 And then once you start bringing solutions, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How about if we did this? Would it work if we did this<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?&#8221; And ask it as a question so that she can respond and say, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes it will<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&#8221; or &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No, it won&#8217;t<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&#8221; or, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the reasons why<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are bosses that have very strategic reasons for why they do what they do, and you don&#8217;t know what your boss is up against. You don&#8217;t know why she&#8217;s on the phone, or why she&#8217;s taking longer. There are so many unknowns that you don&#8217;t know, but you do know about diplomacy in conversation, and if you&#8217;ll do it face to face, here&#8217;s what happens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will stop you from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/2015\/04\/what-to-do-when-someone-doesnt-get-you.html\" data-lasso-id=\"10185\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">being misunderstood<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, because if I show up and I say, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey, I want to work faster. That way I can get paid the pay that I was getting paid before, and I know that since the jobs are taking a little bit longer, my pay is not what it used to be. How can we fix that<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Show That You Want to Help Your Boss<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36913 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Arrives-for-Cleaning-400x267.png\" alt=\"My Boss is Slowing Me Down, Woman Arrives for Cleaning\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Arrives-for-Cleaning-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Arrives-for-Cleaning-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Arrives-for-Cleaning-270x180.png 270w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Arrives-for-Cleaning-320x214.png 320w, https:\/\/askahousecleaner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Boss-is-Slowing-Me-Down-Woman-Arrives-for-Cleaning.png 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>If she sees your face, she sees that you&#8217;re not being mean and accusing and you&#8217;re not blaming her. Then what happens is then she&#8217;s more willing to try to help you. So, it&#8217;s your facial gestures, it&#8217;s your eye contact, it&#8217;s your sincerity, and your willingness to try to work through the situation that makes it work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are some weird situations that you&#8217;ll find yourself in as house cleaners. Every time there&#8217;s a weird situation and you want to run the other way, this is a chance to stop. To reground yourself and to come back to the table with some solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Say, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey, this is so weird and I&#8217;m super uncomfortable about even bringing it up, but I want to bring it up so that we can come to some agreements. What do you think we should do about this<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?&#8221; And then you ask those questions and then they go, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh, she&#8217;s trying to work through this. 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