My husband works way harder at home. People who can't do their jobs from home resent that he's able to. He'll go in on a day he has nothing much to do just because he automatically looks like he's doing more work just by being in the office, even if all he does is wander around and talk to people. He gets so much more work done at home because his coworkers aren't constantly pulling him away to put out their fires. And yet at home he's stressed about making up a 15 minute break (BTW he's on salary! But he has to track his time for project budget purposes I guess?) because it'll look bad. They don't monitor him but if he's not answering his email fast enough or churning out enough work, that looks bad.
It makes be really glad I can just go in, make pizza, help my co-workers, do dishes, and go home at the end of the day feeling like I accomplished something and did my share. My biggest source of stress in my office jobs was "looking busy" even if my boss knew I had no work to do.
I agree with the general thrust of the article (it's a bit insane that even after a century of quick development 40-hour work week is the norm), but I think the criticism of tertiary education is valid.
For more than half of the courses, most of the knowledge you learn in university isn't something you are actually going to use in your profession, it's just networking and credentialing.
Checking your education history is a way for companies to separate the 'wheat from the chaff' - which could be done much more effectively with cognitive tests, but they were basically banned in 1971 by the Supreme Court (Griggs vs Duke Power).
Heinlein - The Man Who Was Too Lazy To Fail [from Time Enough For Love]
{per wiki} This story concerns a 20th-century United States Navy seaman, midshipman, and officer, David Lamb, who receives multiple promotions while minimizing any semblance of real work or combat by applying himself enthusiastically to the principle of "constructive laziness".
{per me} Well, he did work. He learned the procedures and how to roundabout. Then he retired on his government funded non-working farm. Scene fades into the sunset.
My husband works way harder at home. People who can't do their jobs from home resent that he's able to. He'll go in on a day he has nothing much to do just because he automatically looks like he's doing more work just by being in the office, even if all he does is wander around and talk to people. He gets so much more work done at home because his coworkers aren't constantly pulling him away to put out their fires. And yet at home he's stressed about making up a 15 minute break (BTW he's on salary! But he has to track his time for project budget purposes I guess?) because it'll look bad. They don't monitor him but if he's not answering his email fast enough or churning out enough work, that looks bad.
It makes be really glad I can just go in, make pizza, help my co-workers, do dishes, and go home at the end of the day feeling like I accomplished something and did my share. My biggest source of stress in my office jobs was "looking busy" even if my boss knew I had no work to do.
PETER
Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late. I use the side
door, that way Lumbergh can't see me. Uh, and after that, I just sorta
space out for about an hour.
BOB PORTER
Space out?
PETER
Yeah. I just stare at my desk but it looks like I'm working. I do that
for probably another hour after lunch too. I'd probably, say, in a
given week, I probably do about fifteen minutes of real, actual work.
I agree with the general thrust of the article (it's a bit insane that even after a century of quick development 40-hour work week is the norm), but I think the criticism of tertiary education is valid.
For more than half of the courses, most of the knowledge you learn in university isn't something you are actually going to use in your profession, it's just networking and credentialing.
Checking your education history is a way for companies to separate the 'wheat from the chaff' - which could be done much more effectively with cognitive tests, but they were basically banned in 1971 by the Supreme Court (Griggs vs Duke Power).
Heinlein - The Man Who Was Too Lazy To Fail [from Time Enough For Love]
{per wiki} This story concerns a 20th-century United States Navy seaman, midshipman, and officer, David Lamb, who receives multiple promotions while minimizing any semblance of real work or combat by applying himself enthusiastically to the principle of "constructive laziness".
{per me} Well, he did work. He learned the procedures and how to roundabout. Then he retired on his government funded non-working farm. Scene fades into the sunset.