I got fired from my first job in part because I didn't realize I had to pretend I was working after finishing my tasks too quickly.
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Lmao ain’t that some shit
I think about this all of the time. Most of us abide by the Parkinson principle, we will use the allotted time to fulfill our tasks. You effectively deincentivize the 20% that carry out 80% of the production. I spent years grinding as hard as I could, after a while realized more often than not, you’re just making someone else’s day easier for absolutely no monetary advantage. I’ve become somewhat resentful of corporate America over this. It’s this weirdo dynamic where you throttle your own ethic as to not be taken advantage of.
Yes 100%. I perfected the art of looking like I was working at my desk job.
I'd get most of my work done by 10am and the rest of the day was email maintenence.
Ultimately I ended up spending a ton of time researching bitcoin and liberated myself from the machine.
I don't know what the solution for the system is, but the incentives need to be heavily modified. More and more jobs seem to be moving towards temporary contract work. That trend will probably continue.
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That is such a beautiful take 😂.