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The trick is doing the work quickly but making it seem like it took longer.
Classic. The only reward for good work is more work. Then management is surprised people deliver mediocre work and mediocre effort after they don’t get a raise (again).
My old job was a bunch of… idiots? Class traitors? Cowards?
Management would make noises about arbitrary deadlines and they’d all be like “we better work late tonight and through the weekend!!”
Did all that work and got nothing for it. Most of them still got laid off. Management still owns the company.
I had a boss who used to tell me “my job is to get the most out of you for the least amount of money”
I used to tell him “you’re paying me $12 hr, you get $12 hr of work out of me.”
When corporate doubled our workload and refused to let us hire more people he started getting up our asses about working harder, because the workload was piling up. I said “well, if the work doesn’t get done you and the other manager have to answer for it, not me, I’m still leaving at 5, figure it out.” My coworker and I were supposed to be doing the work that 5 people were doing at another location, and my coworker stood in solidarity with my open rebellion.
My boss had to do his job plus help me and my coworker with ours to keep corporate off his back :)
Hierarchical work environments or “employeeism” teach you to not commit to more than what is expected of you - the likelihood of your own engagement being turned against you is always higher than the opposite.
Agile! Or is that scrum…
I gave my oldest son (12-yo) this talk the other day. Hopefully he took it to heart.
Underperform but be nice and hope for a promotion
I’m very productive but never deliver too early. if i do something too fast i take my timw delivering… I don’t want people to expect much of me
Always tell managers what they wanna hear, even when it’s bullshit
The image says not viewable in my region! Please be my eyes
Image of Scotty from Star Trek. Caption is saying “Starfleet captains are like children. They want everything right now and they want it their way. But the secret is only to give them what they need, not what they want.”
Does cutting and pasting work?
The purpose is obviously what benefits them. Don’t you know you exist as a production machine to maximize your bosses profits?
I am always seeking to maximize shareholder value!
One more reason I love working for myself. I got my shit done and dont have to be anywhere else? See you clowns im going to the house
