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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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OK, but who does it cost more? The person being interviewed is also burning opportunity and time but we assume it's free because no one is paying them?
Sounds like it wastes both sides' time and money, but measuring up to determine who is wasting the most time and money doesn't really help anything other than furthering Whataboutisms.
Ideally, we change to a system that doesn't do that (nearly as much).
It makes me wonder why companies chose to waste to many people's time then if it costs them money too. Perhaps that cost hurts them less than the interviewees?
The world of business is FILLED with people more interested in their own leisure than the company's benefit at every level. Everyone knows about the slackers making minimum wage but every time you hear a company has hired a contractor, that's a manager looking at the choice between A) putting in the time and effort to hire an employee, train them, integrate them into the team, and manage and support them as they do necessary work, or B) just writing a check from company funds to the contracting company and taking off early to get a few beers with their buddies, and wouldn't you know it, somehow it seems like the answer is always to spend the company's money.
Dang, hiring feels like the last thing I'd want to outsource. Don't they literally need to know what the job entails to be able to hire correctly? Maybe I'm overestimating the effectivity of corpos
The point is the difference between the slacker on the shop floor and the slacker in the back office is just the job title, not the approach. If you can let other people do all the work while you collect a paycheck, you're winning as a slacker.
Now, you might think, 'but won't they just get fired once their direct report gets wind of what they're doing?' The answer is yes, but if their direct report is also slacking, when would they see the employee's work to know they need to be fired?
And if they're a good liar, the slacker can say 'Oops, yeah, I fucked up by trusting Soandso with that. I've fired them now so it won't be a problem anymore.' Then they burn that employee/contractor and keep collecting a paycheck. Depending on how lazy/stupid/gullible their management is, this can be repeated for years.
What a sad life. I could not live with that damocles sword over my head
It's a self-perpetuating system too. Bad managers create awful workplaces, where people who come in wanting to do good things are punished for trying until they become slackers and slackers keep going as long as the managers' ignorance allows. Then the shmooziest slackers are in perfect position to take the manager's seat when they go.