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I remember being told the internet revolution would allow people to work shorter hours without being tied to a desk. Maybe this is just a symptom of the old 9-5
by comrh 12y ago
I remember being told the internet revolution would allow people to work shorter hours without being tied to a desk. Maybe this is just a symptom of the old 9-5 model breaking in a world where I can finish a lot of work during my commute.
Also the idea that we should be "true believers" in a job and not just there for a paycheck is so bizarre and unrealistic. Everyone hopes for one of those jobs where you really enjoy what you're doing but no one concludes the job for them is roadkill collector.
- transitorykris 12y agoWhen you've increased your efficiency you've only freed up time to create additional value. If you don't do it, your competitors will.
- anon4 12y agoExcept when everyone just sort of naturally agrees that we're at good-enough value already and doesn't bother, which is what's happening at a lot of these places. You don't push and your competitors don't push because all the people who are at the low level of actually doing things rather than sitting in meetings don't feel like bothering with it. Surprisingly (or not) it actually works out well with the only bad part being some fat cats in suits think they're paying money for actual work. Not that it matters if they "waste" their money, it will trickle back up to them pretty soon.
- comrh 12y agoYeah but I'm not going to create additional value for my company because it doesn't increase the reward at all so we're left with what the article describes, nothing to do.