I saw an interesting comment on an American site that implied that you will be seen as a rule-breaker if you normally arrive at work more than 2 standard deviations earlier or later than the mean arrival time, even if there is nominally no problem with that.
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Unwritten, unspoked, perhsaps unperceived rules
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Job motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid. -
Originally posted by Ignis Fatuus View PostI saw an interesting comment on an American site that implied that you will be seen as a rule-breaker if you normally arrive at work more than 2 standard deviations earlier or later than the mean arrival time, even if there is nominally no problem with that.
I think I'll be contracting again soon.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014 -
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well it's because while you and I may go to a place of work/business/contract to actually do something productive there always seems to be a layer of people playing a completely different game...
normally they are the CEO's mates as he uses them as protection against people who could actually do his job better than him/her - it generally stops the CEO having to prove his/her worth to anyone but stakeholders.Comment
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