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>If a CEO here in NL suggested I take some pills in order to improve my productivity I'd agree that it's not professional/ethical, but the OP didn't say the CE
by ac2u 9y ago
>If a CEO here in NL suggested I take some pills in order to improve my productivity
I'd agree that it's not professional/ethical, but the OP didn't say the CEO suggested it.
For all we know, poster might have initially asked (Of course, agreeing to hand out arbitrary medication is of course not the right answer).
- Kluny 9y agoWho the hell would ask their boss for drugs?
- ac2u 9y agoI dunno, maybe the CEO was open about using the medication for productivity reasons and both folk had a laid back attitude to the subject? Point is I'm trying not too read too much into their dynamics and make assumptions based on a short HN comment.
- jacquesm 9y agoIt says 'to help productivity' which to me sounds like a benefit to the employer more than to the employee, which in turn suggests which way the flow was. That could of course still be wrong.
- ryandrake 9y agoThis conversation reminds me a little of the Vernor Vinge novel A Deepness In The Sky where the antagonists subjugate their conquered/enslaved foes with chemically-induced “focus” in order to improve their productivity/output. Explored is how this arrangement is not unambiguously good for the employer nor unambiguously bad for the “employee”.