Office rules that employees learned the hard way: 'The corporate ladder is a trap'

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• The reality is that almost everybody who has been a part of the working world has made some missteps because they didn't understand the unwritten rules that came with their chosen career path. Unfortunately, these can be found in almost every sector and industry, and being a successful employee requires learning this type of thing sooner rather than later. The semi-exclusivity of it all is the point.

  Although we can't protect ourselves from every mistake, it is nice to think that we can receive a heads up that might help us on our path now and again. A bunch of people who had lived and learned were willing to share the things they had come to understand about rules and the workplace.

• What's an unwritten office rule you learned the hard way?

  
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