People who boast about how great their work ethic is actually just have average work ethic, amirite?

I personally think most coworkers I've ever had were lazy, but I kind of get it. I mean, it can be annoying to work with lazy people, but when your job environment feels like it's actively hostile to you, why work hard?

by Front_Mousse5055 5 days ago

Being surrounded by lazy people means that with only minimal effort you can be the workplace's higest achiever!

by StoryHumble 5 days ago

Everyone thinks they work hard. Everyone has different opinions of what hard work looks like.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

I don't think I work very hard. I put in the minimum.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

And everyone thinks their coworkers don't work as hard as them and are incompetent.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

I feel that way about people who always talk about how busy they are -- nearly always exaggerating and/or they're filling their time with nonsense

by ParamedicAlarming 5 days ago

The concept of work ethic is nonsense. Work has no inherent value. Work can accomplish things that have value, but it is the accomplishment, not the work that has the value. Being a "hard worker" means nothing if you aren't accomplishing anything of value. If I spend 100 hours per week typing the alphabet into my computer, I'm working very hard and so I have a great work ethic, but I'm accomplishing nothing of value.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

The only time I would talk about that is at a job interview. And the interviewers could just talk to my character references if they need proof

by ExcellentLow 5 days ago

I work with some notorious lazy mfers. Like they don't delegate work they literally pass off work because they either cannot or do not want to do it. They also complain if they do not get a team and are expected to do solo work. They all have one thing in common…if you talk to them longer than 10 mins you would think they were being worked like a slave that got caught stealing. They have it so hard and nobody want to help them. The victimization is almost their default setting. They then use this as a see! This is how hard I have to work!

by Anonymous 5 days ago

Usually below average

by vicentagraham 5 days ago

Maximize the vage, minimize the work.

by Lucky-Rhubarb 5 days ago

Yes. Lots of people work hard. Working hard does not make you special.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

Sometimes it's true sometimes it's not

by ChoiceIndividual 5 days ago

Hell, my work is kinda free. Yesterday I worked a bit for a few hours, today they said I am not needed to come in at all. Sometimes I get asked "what are you doing here?" when I come to see what's happening at work if I'm bored :D No joke. I work at a theater, technical stuff. Most important things is to make sure stuff is done for shows and rehearsals and during shows and rehearsals. When I got promoted from simple stage hand, I have so much free time.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

Anyone who says management was too much responsibility is just lying or incredibly stupid. You're not turning down a life changing pay rise because you'd have to answer to someone, which you already do.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

In some fields management doesn't pay significantly more, but the work (or associated things like work/life balance) is significantly harder. It might not be worth it to you. But if you don't want to do something because it's hard, that's the opposite of having "a really good work ethic."

by Anonymous 5 days ago

Wow! You, a manager, teach your analysts things? Must be nice

by Herzograymundo 5 days ago

You say this like you know anything about those situations besides the word "management" lol I have multiple mentors and colleagues who have refused promotions or requested demotions when they realized the money wasn't worth the change to their actual job. One guy comes to mind — he was a superstar in my company's NY office and in 2018 he accepted a promotion and 25% raise to move to Atlanta to become one of the supervisors on that team. He bought a house, his wife switched careers, and they put their kids in private school down there. By Jan 2020 he was back in the NY office with the same title he had when he left. He hated the culture of the Atlanta office, his wife hated living in Georgia, and they decided that the money was not worth resigning themselves to unhappiness. Earlier this year, after multiple efforts by upper management to convince him to try again, he took a Supervisor role on our team. tl;dr You're typing out of your ass.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

I don't agree with this in many cases. I've been in companies where management turns over much faster than regular employees because there is more exposure to the upper management levels and also the job is way more more and responsibility. Yeah, you should probably take a promotion if you care most about career upward mobility but not everyone is that ambitious.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

I wouldn't take a management position in my org because they are run ragged. Where I'm at, IC salaries are good enough that I don't want a ton of extra responsibilities for only a small difference in pay.

by ChoiceIndividual 5 days ago