4 ms·

> I think there's a large pool of good talent that can't fully be trusted to do the right thing (not slack off) Ever worked in an office? At any corporation si

by thefz 3y ago

> I think there's a large pool of good talent that can't fully be trusted to do the right thing (not slack off) Ever worked in an office? At any corporation size no one works 8 hours a day and if you want to slack, there are plenty opportunities in the office as well. Hell, you can spend the whole day there without doing ANYTHING. So that is a non-point for me, slackers gonna slack.

ryandrake 3y ago
I knew a guy whose daily routine was something like: 9:25 - Arrival (cafeteria stopped serving breakfast at 9:30. 9:30-10:15 - Breakfast 10:15-11:30 - A lot of walking around the office, having business-sounding conversations with others but really getting nothing done. 11:30-1:00 - Out for lunch. 1:00-3:00 - Sneak out to car in the parking lot for a nap. 3:00-3:30 - Daily standup. Vaguely talk about how he’s “merging code” or “updating library dependencies” this week. 3:30-4:00 - At desk working. 4:00-5:30 - Doing his walk-around-talk-arounds through the office hallways again. 5:30-6:00 - At his desk again! 6:00 - Cafeteria starts serving dinner. Grabs a bunch of food, throws it in his backpack, and heads to the parking lot. This went on for years. The other teammates joked that he must have blackmail dirt on the boss because it was obvious to everyone that he wasn’t doing anything and nobody seemed to care. He was there when I joined the company and was there when I left, years later. He may very well be still there today, merging code.
- dijit 3y ago
  There are less serious versions of the same thing that people might unintentionally do. 09:25 - arrive. 09:30 - 10:00; breakfast 10:00 - 10:30; standup 10:30 - 11:00; Coffee after standup 11:00 - 11:30; checking emails before lunch 11:30 - 13:00; lunch 13:00 - 13:30; food coma, better just check some emails 13:30 - 14:00; coffee and a chat 14:00 - 15:00; maybe some actual work 15:00 - 15:45; someone needs help, they come over and have a chat 15:45 - 16:30; maybe some more work 16:30 - 17:00 wrap up, go home, urgently write some emails and expect a response before you arrive 09:25 tomorrow. I've seen this, a lot of this.

by thefz 3y ago

ryandrake 3y ago

I knew a guy whose daily routine was something like: 9:25 - Arrival (cafeteria stopped serving breakfast at 9:30. 9:30-10:15 - Breakfast 10:15-11:30 - A lot of walking around the office, having business-sounding conversations with others but really getting nothing done. 11:30-1:00 - Out for lunch. 1:00-3:00 - Sneak out to car in the parking lot for a nap. 3:00-3:30 - Daily standup. Vaguely talk about how he’s “merging code” or “updating library dependencies” this week. 3:30-4:00 - At desk working. 4:00-5:30 - Doing his walk-around-talk-arounds through the office hallways again. 5:30-6:00 - At his desk again! 6:00 - Cafeteria starts serving dinner. Grabs a bunch of food, throws it in his backpack, and heads to the parking lot. This went on for years. The other teammates joked that he must have blackmail dirt on the boss because it was obvious to everyone that he wasn’t doing anything and nobody seemed to care. He was there when I joined the company and was there when I left, years later. He may very well be still there today, merging code.

dijit 3y ago
There are less serious versions of the same thing that people might unintentionally do. 09:25 - arrive. 09:30 - 10:00; breakfast 10:00 - 10:30; standup 10:30 - 11:00; Coffee after standup 11:00 - 11:30; checking emails before lunch 11:30 - 13:00; lunch 13:00 - 13:30; food coma, better just check some emails 13:30 - 14:00; coffee and a chat 14:00 - 15:00; maybe some actual work 15:00 - 15:45; someone needs help, they come over and have a chat 15:45 - 16:30; maybe some more work 16:30 - 17:00 wrap up, go home, urgently write some emails and expect a response before you arrive 09:25 tomorrow. I've seen this, a lot of this.