[alt text: a photo of two kids sliding down two separate playground slides (chutes) that are side-by-side but end in the same place. The left slide is captioned: “Being a slacker at work”. The right side is captioned: “Being the go-to-guy at work”. The bottom part where the slides meet is labeled: “No raises”.]
Maybe the slacker slacks because they’ve been screwed over on raises and promotions too many times and the go-to-guy just hasn’t been there long enough to learn that lesson.
Food for thought.
without actual incentives there’s no way to tell the difference between a legit slacker and someone who’s just had enough of corporate’s shit.
I’m the best worker you’ve ever had and you’ll never know.
Yup. I’ve been both.
I am currently both. But I slack because I am the go-to guy for knowledge, not doing