Nowadays, there are a lot of companies require their staff to work in a group but some companies also ask workers to work independently. Working in a team is different from working alone. In fact, working in a group has more advantages than working independently.
First, when I work in a group, I can learn many things from my colleagues, or vice versa. Each person has their own experience and they know how to solve the problems that they had before. For instance, when I worked at shoes’ company, I made a mistake while calculating the price, and I uploaded the price that I calculated in the system. Unfortunately, I couldn’t change or upload data again because I just have only one time to do it and submit after finishing. I got confused and worried since it would impact the company. I asked my co-worker who had worked there longer than I. She shared her experience and showed me how to resolve that problem, because she also had this trouble. I followed her directions and then everything was good. In contrast, if I had worked alone and I had faced this problem, I would have been stress and spent a lot of time finding out the solution. If the right price is higher than the price I calculated and the products had been already shipped out, my company would have lost a lot of money. Therefore, I could save time when I worked in a band, have one more experience, and I shared with new staff about what did I get from my mistakes.
Working in a group will also improve my communication skills. Every job has its nature and each person has a different character. When my team received new projects, we often sat down and gave our opinions so that our task can be finished perfectly. I tried to persuade my team members to agree with my ideas. Similarly, I also learned how to listen the other people. Conversely, if I had worked alone, I would have had trouble as I couldn’t ask or share my ideas with anybody else.
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