tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post7516671856436670255..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Sabotaging Your JobStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-2645190657224938842016-10-24T08:29:57.167-07:002016-10-24T08:29:57.167-07:00The CIA manual examples are interesting and practi...The CIA manual examples are interesting and practical passive-aggressiveness. Stuart's examples are more just general contempt for behavior he considers stupid.<br /><br />I'l never forget a friend in his 20s proudly said the most important lesson he learned in his teens was "Never be too good at a job you don't like" so if mowing the lawn is a dreaded task, it makes sense to play dumb and say you didn't noticed that strip of unmowed grass, or the garden border rocks that hacked up the mower blade. I agreed it sounded effective at least, if your dad wasn't the physically abusive type.<br /><br />For me the lesson is to not try to make people do things they don't want to do. Pride is a better teacher, but you have to be sneaky to get people to care. Like I remember back around 10th grade getting my first A in a math class, what a mistake if I'm supposed to always do that I thought, but I did like math when it started to make sense.<br /><br />TW's 99.3% success federal worker performance rating probably shows the fact that most people, even managers don't like to be critical, and convince themselves that giving good ratings will make people feel pride in their job, but obviously that esteemism fails if you know you're not doing your best work, and no one cares or notices.<br /><br />I also recall the claim in marriage that you're supposed to give 7 positive affirmations for every criticism, the logic apparently being that we take negatives 7 times more intensely as positives. Also what is important about praise or criticism is specifics.<br /><br />If I had to remember one thing I'd say its important to know if you're taking someone else's behavior personally. If you say yes, then you have to face your own issues first, and if you say no, then you're probably safe to speak up and ask what's going on in the other that needs attension.<br /><br />And if they answer "I'm being intentionally passive-aggressive to reduce our productivity because I'm being compelled to work against my will." You can then thank them for their honesty, and offer to keep their admission confidential.Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-84565146387153803882016-10-24T06:54:46.902-07:002016-10-24T06:54:46.902-07:00Today, the "Simple Sabotage Field Manual"...Today, the "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is called the "union contract".<br /><br />It's extremely popular in public school systems, where even discussing performance is discouraged. But the "Dodo Bird Effect"* is, in general, a feature of government employ:<br /><br />"The GAO found that, in 2013, nearly all working-level federal employees — 99.3 percent — get performance ratings of 'fully successful' or better."<br /><br />https://www.google.com/amp/www.thefiscaltimes.com/2016/06/13/Federal-Government-Says-99-Its-Workers-Are-Doing-Great-Job%3famp<br /><br />Dodo Bird Effect:<br /><br />"'The race is over!’ and they all crowded round it, panting, and asking, `But who has won?’<br /><br />This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought, and it sat for a long time with one finger pressed upon its forehead (the position in which you usually see Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the rest waited in silence. At last the Dodo said, `EVERYBODY has won, and all must have prizes.’"<br />--- <i>Alice in Wonderland</i>, Ch 3Trigger Warningnoreply@blogger.com