Sorry, but I have to put in my .02 on this one. Maybe I'm going over the line here or
maybe it's because it's such a nice day today that I don't want to be here and I'm in
a bad mood. Whatever the reason, here it goes...
I think this country (US) is so obsessed with being "productive" and trying to squeeze
every second out of an employee that they're losing site of the more important things
in life. Those more important things in life, in my opinion, are taking care of
employees, who in return, take care of the employer. Now, before all you manager types
out there get into a hissy and start explaining that time is money, blah, blah, blah,
think about this from another angle. Let's say John Doe spends 1 hour per day reading
non work-related emails. Now let's say that John Doe is already giving the company an
average of 5 hours of overtime per week (I don't know about all of you, but 5 hours ot
is on the low end). Doesn't that equal itself out? Now take the stress and lack of
sleep while John Doe is working 12-15 hour days for 2 weeks (including weekends) to
get the latest project done. Is Mr. Doe actually working 12-15 hours? No, because the
more stress and less sleep he gets, the less productive he is.
Maybe I'm rambling here, but it makes me mad that somebody actually wasted *their*
time doing that study. That doesn't seem very productive. :-) I heard that some other
countries actually have laws against working over 40 hours per week. Is this true?
Now, I don't believe in babying employees either. I could care less about the "cool"
atmosphere that so many people are clamering for. I don't need the scooter, the pool
tables, the massage therapists, and all those other "perks". It just seems that we're
being over productive, making a lot of money, but we don't have any time to enjoy the
fruits of our labor. And who knows what it's doing to our health.
Whew, I feel better now. Does anybody have a comment or want to elaborate? I've only
wasted 30 minutes of my time going through email today so I still have another 30
minutes to give. :-)
Mark Stewart
Programmer/Analyst
Communication Concepts
215.672.6900 x1332
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/23/01 01:02PM >>>
That's pretty funny.....
I do spend about an hour or two a day on email if I were to lump it all
together, ....
......however, the friends I have made, the knowledge I have gleaned and the
stresses I have released make that time WELL WORTH IT to me! I mean, poor
'Python' would be utterly depressed if he couldn't chase after Gel and Ben!
:)
Erika
"You can talk a great philosophy, but if you can't be kind to people
everyday then it doesn't mean that much to me." - unknown
-----Original Message-----
From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 10:48 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Could this be about CF-Community?
http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/e-mail010420.html
Hehe...
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