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I've been working for 30 years, at a dozen companies. There is a difference in the intensity of the workers that roughly correlates to the size of the company.
by 11thEarlOfMar 5y ago
I've been working for 30 years, at a dozen companies. There is a difference in the intensity of the workers that roughly correlates to the size of the company. The larger the company, the lower the intensity overall. But in all cases, I seldom if ever saw employees who weren't actually working a full day's work or more. These were all technology companies, ranging from 5 - 3,000 employees, and it was a fact that if people didn't pull their weight overall, the company wouldn't last long.
I am certain the apocryphal slacker is out there, otherwise we'd not have the parody. From my perspective at least, people had to produce, regardless of what they were expected to deliver. If they didn't, they eventually got moved out.
- prawn 5y agoMy brother tells a story of a rail maintenance company where the margins were fat enough that lazy employees could survive. One lazy guy, having been busted sleeping at his desk, went looking for somewhere he could get away with it. In a basement, he found a large laundry hamper of some sort, which worked well for a few days until one day he went to get in for a nap and discovered someone else was already sleeping in there!
- theshrike79 5y agoI've worked in factories when I was younger. Just grab an empty box and say you're delivering it to the other end of the factory when someone asks. Works every time if you're confident enough.