work ethic

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Haven't read the whole thread, but I always joke with friends that the job where I made the most money (by a large margin) was the easiest job I ever had. I was salaried and worked maybe 5 hours a week (about an hour a day, on average). I still had to be sitting at my desk for about 40 hours, but spent most of my time reading Harper's articles from their archives. Funny thing is my boss would convince all the higher ups how busy our group was; no-one ever checked if she was full of shit. I eventually quit that job after about four years as I had to move to another state.

I now work ~60 hours a week and make 40% less annual salary.

I was promoted 4 years ago to basically a project manager position and I liked it despite the extra hours and restless nights for a bit. but there was one project where the person reporting to me on it continually shirked her responsibilities (and I had no managerial authority over her other than going to her manager), then went on leave a month before, leaving me to do both of our jobs, 65+ hour weeks, and people basically telling me indirectly "your personal time means shit, this project is your life".

after that nastiness I went back to my old position. they kept my salary the same despite it being a lower pay grade. it's still aggravating but it's an aggravating I can handle.

where's that freakonomics piece, or wherever it was from, that explains that the reason associates work completely insane hours while their boss puts in maybe 5-6 hours a week in between golf and yacht rides is because the boss lifestyle is the incentive system? there are 60 associates and 1 VP, the VP is like this, so you all work like this. Drug dealerships supposedly evolved similar systems independently of law firms and management consultancies.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/dec/28/tory-mp-condemns-universal-basic-income-on-moral-grounds

“Mankind is hard-wired to work. We gain satisfaction from it. It gives us a sense of identity, purpose and belonging

Cunt.

work is bogus

"resources"/robots/slaves

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e3/2f/c6/e32fc6e688d4b289c19723c89886bbd5--work-shirts-father-and-son.jpg

god damn commies

I'd probably have a better work "ethic" if I just exercised more and ate healthier

The former. https://t.co/EedAsLS5eZ

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Do I have a work ethic? Guess it was drilled into me by mommie dearest (my boss for plus 20 yrs). I love my job. Am I good colleague? Not atm. :-(

The bosses anounced we would get a bonus if we exceeded sales by 30 procent. We would received ab 10 euro per month. Laughable. Sorry but that is bad management. (We are a team of four. So sorry, you shldnt have made the bonus like it's so amazing.) That said I don't have to work harder: I am a very good salesperson. I try to learn to be a better one but I still feel I'm very good (and they agree, I'm the best salesperson there).

Btw our manager is paid fulltime but she goes home much earlier. I'm tempted to tell the bosses bec it creates a v bad atmosphere. But I don't I will. :-(

ive always had a strong disposition towards a flaneur lifestyle; procrastinating, smoking weed, going for long aimless walks, surfing the web, just hanging out and wasting the day, with some sort of vague philosophical justification in the back of my mind. but since moving to a new city and starting a phd my social life is so dull that im developing a work ethic, purely because there’s nothing better to do. hoping once my course work is over i can get back to it

some sort of vague philosophical justification in the back of my mind

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