Fashion Designer - (City withheld for privacy), New South Wales (NSW), Australia
I entered my job at a small business with the mentality, attitude and etiquette of big business to which I was accustomed.
I soon noticed that I wasn't as effective as other employees in obtaining resources to improve my job area and it wasn't because I was any less polite, reasonable or likable.
Turns out in my particular case, formal meetings and formal requests made him nervous and defensive. I found that if I simply asked for things in passing with a general explanation, he was a lot more a...