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Boss Asks If He Should Fire Efficient Employee Who Finishes Work Early And Then Plays Video Games
At your job, are you getting paid for your work, or your time? In days past, when work was more likely to be manual and repetitive, bosses saw value in keeping their employees on the clock for as long as possible, in order to maximize their output. These days, however, with creative, project-based work more prominent, your efficiency in completing your tasks is more likely to be rewarded with greater free time. (Facebook cover image: Chase N.)
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Not always though. This boss took to Quora to gauge people’s opinions on one particularly bright employee, who finished tasks so well and quickly that there was time left over for video games at the end of each day. The boss, harboring the kind of old-fashioned attitude that needs to be abolished in this day and age, didn’t like this at all. “Between the hours of 9am-5pm you are my bitch and you must work (or at least pretend you’re working) even if you have completed your daily quota,” you can imagine them saying to themselves while pondering whether or not to fire this excellent, but renegade worker.
Happily there are more enlightened individuals out there, and one response in particular had people on their feet applauding. Scroll down below to read it for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
Here’s what other people thought about the situation
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Wil Vanderheijden 5 years ago
Seems to me that this employee is overqualified for the job he's doing now. A good employer would have considered to give him a more demanding job with better pay and not even think about firing him. This bad employer will probably find more tasks for the employee to do without paying him more. And the employee will either move on or become a slacker because working hard is rewarded by having to work even harder.
Hans 5 years ago
Why not ask him if he would like more work and an increase in payment? Good employees are so hard to come by...It is quite sad that many people rate work by the amount of hours spent rather than by the work done. Think of it from the perspective of Parkinson's law: "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion". Thus, spending actually less time in the office is desirable for ALL sides involved.
MagicalUnicorn 5 years ago
at my work place everybody already knows that if you are efficient and good at your work, you'll end up doing everybody else's work as well
Wil Vanderheijden 5 years ago
Seems to me that this employee is overqualified for the job he's doing now. A good employer would have considered to give him a more demanding job with better pay and not even think about firing him. This bad employer will probably find more tasks for the employee to do without paying him more. And the employee will either move on or become a slacker because working hard is rewarded by having to work even harder.
Hans 5 years ago
Why not ask him if he would like more work and an increase in payment? Good employees are so hard to come by...It is quite sad that many people rate work by the amount of hours spent rather than by the work done. Think of it from the perspective of Parkinson's law: "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion". Thus, spending actually less time in the office is desirable for ALL sides involved.
MagicalUnicorn 5 years ago
at my work place everybody already knows that if you are efficient and good at your work, you'll end up doing everybody else's work as well
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