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I am sure many of us know or have known people who browse facebook, twitter and youtube at work all day. Anecdotal evidence or the actions of of a tiny minority
by throw2016 10y ago
I am sure many of us know or have known people who browse facebook, twitter and youtube at work all day. Anecdotal evidence or the actions of of a tiny minority is hardly helpful to any meaningful discussion and can be used to 'close down' any initiative.
- ythn 10y agoSo we know for certain people like that are in a "tiny minority"? I would guess they are more than a minority. Being super productive in a potentially distracting or accountability-free environment requires a lot of discipline and self-motivation, which is something I would have guessed is the minority attribute.
- geodel 10y agoIt might be anecdotal which I doubt but then how do we know this is action of tiny minority. I should add I do work from home certain times but I take it as privilege rather than a right to work whenever it is convenient to me.
- halbritt 10y agoYour employer is making more money off of your work output than they're paying you. I think you may be confused about who may be the privileged one in the relationship.
- geodel 10y agoI also need to evaluate the alternatives to see how viable they are. Once legal, financial etc constraints are added I just do not see upper hand in bargaining. Just to add I am in somewhat IBM like situation described here. A lot of us here are in similar predicament to move or to leave.
- dkersten 10y agoIt might be anecdotal which I doubt Is it "a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature"? Its an account of "in my experience" or "the people I know do this" -- its not hard facts obtained through the scientific method (ie controlling for other factors and for biases). That makes it, by definition, anecdotal.
- geodel 10y agoYou are right. Re-reading my comment I find it a little meaningless.