jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 8/1/2016 11:57 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> > On 8/1/2016 10:59 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> > > On 7/29/2016 5:30 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > > > I really sick of is the importance of coffee in the workplace.
> > > > too many people make all sort of excuses for not doing something
> > > > because they "haven't had enough coffee yet", are going through
> > > > coffee withdrawal, or spending almost half their working day
> > > > consumed in some way by their coffee fixation. Fortunately I
> > > > don't have to put up with that as much anymore. Coffee people
> > > > annoy me.
> > >
> > > I hear ya. There was so much schmoozing going around the coffee
> > > station no one was ever at their desks actually working.
> >
> > So long as people get their work done, I don't care. The funny
> > thing is, you know the type, they come in and it's a whole half
> > hour/45 minutes getting coffee and a bagel, chatting up everyone
> > they come across, then they're first with the snide comments about
> > other people leaving early.
> >
> Leaving early? Those of us who worked the hardest got the
> better/requested hours. I requested the early shift, 7:30am so I
> could leave at 3:30pm. Plenty of time to get home, hang out on the
> patio with a book.
>
> > Luckily it was just a small number of people like that where I
> > worked. Most people just didn't have time for that.
> >
> There are always going to be people who manage to get paid to not do
> much. Nothing we can do about it. Only their employers can.
>
> Jill

Hi Jill,

One of the things I learned managing large shops (up to 75 people,
departments of up to 500) is that effectiveness of workers is not
measured by 'who stays latest'. In fact, it's generaly the ones who DO
stay latest that are least productive, especially if they 'come in
early'. They seem to have a mindset that they can fluff off more
'because they work longer' and in effect, you may get 6 hours actual
work from them being there 9-9.5 hours while the person who is there 8
hours, you generally get solid 7.5 hours work from (and a reasonable
30 minute lunch/break).

How do you tell who can reliably telework and actually be working? The
7:30am-3:30pm crowd EXCELL at that generally. The 7am to 4:30 crowd do
not but some are ok at it. The 7am to 5:30pm crowd are the worst and
generally say bad things aboyt telework because deep down, they know
they do not have the work ethics to genuinely carry it off.

Carol

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