Worker42

Horrible workers that avoid requests, and ignore emails and tasks can last years in work without being fired, while great workers that try to complete all tasks and help everyone are being fired. That’s a great lesson for workers, (Employees or managers).  There are 2 kinds of tasks employees are being asked to do. The first kind are the important tasks you are hired to do or what satisfy the ranks above. The second kind is also tasks you are being asked to do like reporting or things that are needed in the process, but the ranks above don’t care about them, are not aware of them, and, in general, anyone can do them.  While this is just a dull outline, the important thing is to identify what are the "undone tasks" that won’t harm your position . Then don’t do them or do them with less attention and make more of what is really valued.

I took a cab. The driver listened to the news. A news reporter described wide layoffs in hi-tech companies. She mentioned it will affect as well people who are not techies but work in the hi-tech industry like marketers, cleaners, or even food companies. First of all, yes. Ok. There are layoffs. But she didn’t mention how companies fire some workers (by skills or departments) and at the same time hire other workers for different departments or needed skills.  Is it because fear of layoffs and hating "hi-tech-people” sell news, while reality doesn’t sell news? The driver was quiet, the news buzzed around while he was concentrating on driving or something else that kept him thinking. I wrote those words in the meantime.

Our entire branch just had a huge meeting with the owner. The owner spoke about the difficult year and the layoffs in the branch. The strategy. The careful steps that are being taken and future deals that are being discussed. In the end, as always there was time for questions. People asked about the strategy and the deals. Suddenly, almost at the end, one engineer asked if there will be raises this year. The owner gave a good answer about balance and preventing more layoffs.  What a guy. Simply asks the owner about raises after layoffs. Impressive. Maybe he didn’t think its through, but just for that he felt it was ok to ask about raises.  I'm really happy about this branch.  Such a good culture and vibe.

Someone at work thought it might be cool to make a podcast. The guy is a techie so pretty fast I got recommendations for equipment. Super expensive microphones and stands, computers, and software. I asked on Reddit for some suggestions. And I was told if I wish to interview people from a distance so I can get a good USB microphone and use ‘something-like-zoom’ that keeps on the high-quality voice recording. Those are the 2 websites I got: www.riverside.fm www.zencastr.com Thank you people on the internet.

Yesterday I came into the building. The guard carefully unpacked a package and lay out four small packaged perfumes on his small counter.  “Oh nice,” I said.  He was smiling, satisfied with his new collection. He said he has about 70 perfumes. The four he just got didn’t look cheap at all. Shiny boxes with beautiful bottles. An expensive collection. I told him what I used and he found it amusing. His taste probably found it simple. I thought that it is always good to learn what people enjoy. And that perfume is a good idea for a gift even for colleagues.