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If your company is full of people who are only doing things because they're paid to do them it's going to struggle.
by DanBC 7y ago
If your company is full of people who are only doing things because they're paid to do them it's going to struggle.
- sokoloff 7y agoIf you stopped paying them, nearly 100% of employees would stop coming to work. At some level, no matter how committed they are or love the work, everyone is doing work because they're being paid to be there.
- rightbyte 7y agoYe, but following orders by the letter as a engineer or programmer is a receipe for failure. When people stop caring and just do what they are told without a fight if it is stupid chaos ensues.
- sokoloff 7y agoDisagree and commit. While the decision is open, make your best arguments. Once the decision is closed, execute that decision.
- rightbyte 7y agoYe, you can't be a rogue either. It's a very thin line to balance. In general I am clear that I will follow consensus so the "other side" doesn't feel that they need to convince me for me to do it with my best effort.
- DanBC 7y agoBut that's not the _ONLY_ reason they're their.