Excessive use of exclamation points will have you coming across as a "TEAM PLAYER" so I recommend those. They help turn a dire tone into a go-getter anthem. I could do that vs. I could do that!
Writings like this are so comforting. I thought I was the sole smarty pants that invented this “ruthless productive” theater…along with quiet quitting”. Ha!
Highly recommend the mentioned Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber for a gut punching deeper dive into this. One of his lighter, faster reads perfect for a read-in-the-park-day.
Many, many years ago I knew a guy who had a bullshit job with one of those old phone companies that were spawned by deregulation of the Bell system. He managed to use it to hone his playwriting. He was paid fairly well, I thought. At the time, I was running an adult literacy program that barely paid me. I had two other jobs to cover food and rent. But I did feel I was doing something helpful to people in our society’s “surplus population”. I was taking a risk that I would somehow not end up living in my car. That’s the risk you take if you take that gamble on as your “occupation”.
I work remotely in a Fortune 500 and the meeting trick is how I keep people from bothering me all day. Also I constantly replay the recordings of big meetings so my screen never turns off while I go do other things and look for a better job. Our company is failing and we have no goals or KPIs so I straight-up just barely work.
About those tabs: Are you pro-having multiple preferred and unrelated-to-work webpages open while at "work"? If yes, then aside from various browsers' stealth/privacy modes, how do you advise keeping those tabs open and discouraging of too much attention from co-workers or bosses? Asking for a friend.
Also, saving this post and filing for future reference. Folder name: "Professional Development"
beautiful
I learned too from George Costanza that if you always look frustrated or upset people just assume you're trying to get a lot of things done.
For remote work — I'm always running a mouse jiggling script.
Savvy. Cagey, if you will. (And I think you will.)
This is beautiful. Wow. It takes years of trial and error to come up with such a masterplan. Thank you, Antonio.
haha
Excessive use of exclamation points will have you coming across as a "TEAM PLAYER" so I recommend those. They help turn a dire tone into a go-getter anthem. I could do that vs. I could do that!
Writings like this are so comforting. I thought I was the sole smarty pants that invented this “ruthless productive” theater…along with quiet quitting”. Ha!
Highly recommend the mentioned Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber for a gut punching deeper dive into this. One of his lighter, faster reads perfect for a read-in-the-park-day.
Many, many years ago I knew a guy who had a bullshit job with one of those old phone companies that were spawned by deregulation of the Bell system. He managed to use it to hone his playwriting. He was paid fairly well, I thought. At the time, I was running an adult literacy program that barely paid me. I had two other jobs to cover food and rent. But I did feel I was doing something helpful to people in our society’s “surplus population”. I was taking a risk that I would somehow not end up living in my car. That’s the risk you take if you take that gamble on as your “occupation”.
Clacking away at my Substack has been great for making me look busy and also adding purpose to my life
"Interesting point!"
"Lets get this idea flying with some blue sky thinking!"
I work remotely in a Fortune 500 and the meeting trick is how I keep people from bothering me all day. Also I constantly replay the recordings of big meetings so my screen never turns off while I go do other things and look for a better job. Our company is failing and we have no goals or KPIs so I straight-up just barely work.
hell yeah, i have like 50 tabs open at least at all times
About those tabs: Are you pro-having multiple preferred and unrelated-to-work webpages open while at "work"? If yes, then aside from various browsers' stealth/privacy modes, how do you advise keeping those tabs open and discouraging of too much attention from co-workers or bosses? Asking for a friend.
get a desk where (almost) no one sees your monitor
there's even some browser extension or something that makes Reddit look like Outlook