During our coffee chat last Wednesday, Mary Opperman, VP and Chief Officer of Human Resources at Cornell talked with us about what typically annoys supervisors.One of the things that she touched on was how supervisors don’t like when a worker comes to them with a problem without any suggestions for a solution. Although I had never really thought of it before, it makes sense. It’s almost like dumping more work on your supervisor, rather than demonstrating your own strength as a problem solver and even showing that you’re capable of more responsibility by solving problems around the workplace. Another important thing that she discussed was talking down about other coworkers in front of your supervisors. I thought this was interesting because there have been times where I am concerned about the apathy that I’ve sometimes felt that my fellow coworkers have for their position, but it’s important to note that it’s not on you to make what they are doing wrong known. If they do poor work, then it will show, but don’t “tattletale” on them for minor issues, as this looks bad as if you’re trying to make yourself look better on their behalf or even like you’re not a team player, which doesn’t play in your favor.  I personally found her talk very interesting, as it felt like less of a lecture and more of an open discussion which I enjoyed, and towards the end she opened it up for a Q & A. I learned quite a bit on how not to annoy my supervisors during future internships and jobs and will be following her advice.