On Wed Mar 31, 2004 at 15:26:48 +1000, David wrote: > > >On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Benno wrote: > >> >> Wow, I'm amazed at this `workers as slave' mentality people have. I >> would not like to work in an office, or for a company, with such >> policies, it sounds like a depressing, draining, stressful environment >> to work in. (I'd wonder how productive/creative a bunch of stressed >> out and depressed emplooyees would be anyway.) >> >> Does anyone on this list really want to work in this kind of environment? >> >> Cheers, > > >try being a boss for a while...
You make huge assumptions that I never have been. > trying to get things done while people are >spending hours on chat lines, dating sites, hotmail, cooking, etcetcetc... > >It's like everything else... in the end management has to create an >environment where work WILL get done. At my place there is a clear policy >(set by me) that says you play all you like as long as you don't stop >yourself or others working. It works moderately well. Use of the net is a >perk of the job, like the cappucino machine. Yes sure, I don't think my email said anything against the right of the boss to set whatever working environment he wants, but I was a little amazed at the hard line attitude displayed by people in earlier emails. I wasn't saying that the office should be a playground or entertainment centre, but in my opinion, cutting people a bit of slack and creating a friendly work environment is more likely to create an environment where GOOD work gets done. (It is easy to look busy and achieve nothing). Benno -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
