Yeah I’m not saying that’s better. I never defended that stupid shit. I’m pointing out there’s a lot of Reddit bullshit flying around this post by people that have more than likely either never been in a proper management position or who were absolutely godawful at it when given the opportunity.
You think people are happy doing busywork? They’re not. People fucking despise it.
Not necessarily busy work, it’s just flexible when it needs to get done. I did read your post twice, and it is kinda normalizing godawful management practices.
I don’t need to be fully engaged every moment I’m at work. I need to be paid for the time I’m asked to reserve for it.
You don’t need to be fully engaged, but you also don’t need to be staring at the clock bored out of your skull and thinking about how much better you could be using your time. Adding some redundant mopping or polishing to that boredom doesn’t make it any better.
Like imagine we pay labor what it’s actually worth rather than pennies on the dollar. Would you still want to sit on your ass to get your full 40 each week? Or would you rather only come in when there’s actual work to be done?
Fuck’s sake dude. You want to talk about promoting toxic management ideologies? The 40 hour work week is a fairly recent fabrication and there’s oodles of evidence indicating that working more hours doesn’t even necessarily lead to more production.
Yeah I’m not saying that’s better. I never defended that stupid shit. I’m pointing out there’s a lot of Reddit bullshit flying around this post by people that have more than likely either never been in a proper management position or who were absolutely godawful at it when given the opportunity.
You think people are happy doing busywork? They’re not. People fucking despise it.
Not necessarily busy work, it’s just flexible when it needs to get done. I did read your post twice, and it is kinda normalizing godawful management practices.
I don’t need to be fully engaged every moment I’m at work. I need to be paid for the time I’m asked to reserve for it.
You don’t need to be fully engaged, but you also don’t need to be staring at the clock bored out of your skull and thinking about how much better you could be using your time. Adding some redundant mopping or polishing to that boredom doesn’t make it any better.
Like imagine we pay labor what it’s actually worth rather than pennies on the dollar. Would you still want to sit on your ass to get your full 40 each week? Or would you rather only come in when there’s actual work to be done?
Fuck’s sake dude. You want to talk about promoting toxic management ideologies? The 40 hour work week is a fairly recent fabrication and there’s oodles of evidence indicating that working more hours doesn’t even necessarily lead to more production.