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Made me think of this scene from Office Space
Exactly the same energy!
That’s because my pay is calculated poverty.
sounds like the perfect amount of effort for a shitty paycheck that you still need. just enough to keep the job and stay out of ‘trouble’, but not so much that more is expected.
but not so much that more is expected.
This is my problem, I’ve been plagued with the curse of competence and an inability to keep my mouth shut. This leads me to accidentally volunteer for seemingly easy tasks that ‘only require a bit of automation…’ and I lose weeks of time.
My current task is outside of the bounds of this chart (monthly task that would take days to do manually, down to a handful of hours). What do?
Automate it and tell NO ONE. Let them think it still takes days.
Sounds like upper management to me!
I’d frame that. Hard to think of a compliment that tops that to be honest
Does your friend work for Lumon or something?
You get what you pay for
Think of employees as independent corporations. They provide a service that aligns with their investors needs. Their investors are themselves, their friends, their families. Calculated mediocrity sounds like good business depending on what they’re getting paid.
I think the term they are looking for is “proportional”
My career path has been spectacularly De-railed by a series of company failures.
Now I drive a forklift.
Calculated mediocrity is my middle name!
Is their friend my friend or me?
Hey, that sounds like exactly what I aim for at my work!
Is that another way of saying
Ungrateful Slave…?
What’s the over-under that the salary was also “calculated mediocrity…?”
My tactic is to maintain an average workload of about 70% of my potential, that way I’m relaxed and able to maintain my work on the bad days when I might not be 100% up to the task, plus I have the extra bandwidth for when SHTF so I can look like a hero. Apparently my 70% effort is more than enough because I’ve now had multiple bosses try to court me to return after I’ve left roles
Sounds like you need to take your competence down a few ticks. Be more relaxed.
Nah then I’m bored at work, and I hate being bored at work. 70% is the happy medium between not overextending myself and keeping myself busy and engaged enough to both enjoy my work and impress my superiors
i call it sustainability.
“I’ve now had multiple bosses try to court me to return after I’ve left roles”
Describing them as courting you is an excellent use of the word
I feel you. I got bored on the weekend, so now as a result, I’m way ahead on work for the week. The good thing is I can compensate by napping and playing games during work hours the rest of the week. And not a guilty thought at all.
