6 Corporate Secrets Every Employee Should Know Before It’s Too Late Your company will teach you how to do your job. But there are things they rarely teach you. 1. Never confuse being busy with being valuable. 2. Keep records of your achievements. Memory disappears when promotion decisions begin. 3. Learn to negotiate. Your first salary offer is not always the best they can give you. 4. Never depend on one source of income if you can build another. 5. Watch how a company treats employees who can no longer benefit it. That tells you a lot about its culture. 6. Always have a plan beyond your current job.