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President Obama has repeatedly called on our nation to work harder throughout this tough time in the economy. To him, it’s the only way our country can make it through this recession. I know I am working a bit harder (just a little) because I would like to keep my job. I took a moment [...]

There is a big story in Chicago this week about the city’s garbage workers that were caught loafing around on the job. An investigation found that the average garbage worker wastes about 2 hours per day amounting to about a $14 million loss for the city. This story has sparked debate about whether or not [...]

One of my co-workers gets to leave early every day because their kid gets out of school around 3pm. This worker doesn’t have to make up the hours he misses. He works a 6 hour work day while the rest of us work 8. This seems to be common everywhere. I have worked in several [...]

There are a few people that I work with that are constantly worried about what other people are doing. I’m amazed at how they have time to worry about other people yet their own work performance lacks. Their concerns seem to stem from the thought that they are somehow doing more work than other people. [...]

I have worked for 8 companies in my life. I think out of the 100’s of managers I’ve met, there are only about 1% that are actually smart enough to perform their job. I define a manager as being stupid if he or she does stupid things. One previous manager of mine would watch porn [...]

We have a new jackass at my company that constantly has to send out everything he finds. I think that he believes he’s far more advanced than everybody else just because he uses Digg. He finds these links, then emails them. I see the email appear. I ignore it. I’m workin’ here! You know? Doing [...]

I was watching 60 Minutes yesterday. They had a story about why Denmark is the happiest place on Earth. Researchers studied why the people of Denmark were so happy. The conclusion? They don’t concern themselves with having high goals. Basically, they don’t care as much when they are disappointed because they don’t hold themselves to [...]