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billege · 05-17-2003, 04:58 AM

I'm glad that some people are fighting the trend to make all time, "work time." With one caveat, that people are actually getting the work done, I don't mind this.

Work is not why I was put on this earth. My purpose in life is not to raise someone's stock price. Often at work I can complete my tasks in half the shift, if that. Since they can't provide enough of a challenge to keep me busy, and they don't pay me enough for me to constantly find more work for myself, I have no problem reading a book.

The catch is, I even overachieved before I picked up the book. I know many slackers are not overachievers, but if they've got the job done, or are just under pressure to give "115%" than they should do what they've got to do.

Somewhere along the line companies got the idea that my personal time also belongs to them. All the wireless connections in the world do not exist so I can be a wage slave all the time. I think it's sick that the achiever's competativeness has allowed this enroachment into personal time to happen. We've allowed our jobs into our free time. They have NO RIGHT to that.

If I get my work done, and more, then those bastards still demand my home time, I'll fuck them right back.

Don't get confused with what I'm saying here. If these tricks are used to make me do the work of the slacker, I'll find out myself and shut that crap down. I ain't no body's bitch. Avoiding work is not cool. Saving personal time from unreasonable enroachment is not.

05-17-2003, 04:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
billege Watcher Location: Ohio	I'm glad that some people are fighting the trend to make all time, "work time." With one caveat, that people are actually getting the work done, I don't mind this. Work is not why I was put on this earth. My purpose in life is not to raise someone's stock price. Often at work I can complete my tasks in half the shift, if that. Since they can't provide enough of a challenge to keep me busy, and they don't pay me enough for me to constantly find more work for myself, I have no problem reading a book. The catch is, I even overachieved before I picked up the book. I know many slackers are not overachievers, but if they've got the job done, or are just under pressure to give "115%" than they should do what they've got to do. Somewhere along the line companies got the idea that my personal time also belongs to them. All the wireless connections in the world do not exist so I can be a wage slave all the time. I think it's sick that the achiever's competativeness has allowed this enroachment into personal time to happen. We've allowed our jobs into our free time. They have NO RIGHT to that. If I get my work done, and more, then those bastards still demand my home time, I'll fuck them right back. Don't get confused with what I'm saying here. If these tricks are used to make me do the work of the slacker, I'll find out myself and shut that crap down. I ain't no body's bitch. Avoiding work is not cool. Saving personal time from unreasonable enroachment is not. __________________ I can sum up the clash of religion in one sentence: "My Invisible Friend is better than your Invisible Friend."