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Suppressing boredom at work hurts future productivity

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Re: Suppressing boredom at work hurts future productivity

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Post by LoganDark »

babyshake wrote: post #20
Rinzler89 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>2+ jobs with minimal responsibilities or expectations I was never lucky to find such jobs in my life. Every job I had enough on my plate to not have enough time and energy for a second job. Plus, in my EU country working 2 full time jobs at the same time is impossible since employers can ask to see your social security contributions history before you start work to make sure it matches what you said in your resume,…

I'm not capable of this, but I think the idea for many is to get a job that does have responsibilities and expectations, and treat it like a job with minimal responsibilities and expectations.

Pretty much. I see these people all the time, they know how to slack off to the maximum extent possible while still appearing somewhat productive to their superiors. They just exist and don't raise a fuss which keeps them employed for years or decades with near zero effort, all the while I'm worrying immensely about everything and so tired at the end of each workday that 12 hours of sleep is barely enough!

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Post by dns_snek »

wryoak wrote: post #15
testacpwoek wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The other job seeker loses, your boss loses, you win Yes, that is how our economic system works. What, are you under the illusion we still have some kind of social contract or moral responsibility toward society? If my CEO doesn't, why the hell should I? For the record I don't think it's good, but I didn't invent the game, we're all just trying to play it as best we can.

It’s about the moral contract with yourself, but that’s your business and no one else’s. If you compare your values to those of your CEO, or anyone, then you’ve likely lost sight of that. You become fearful of being who you want to be and fixated on attachment and loss prevention.

I've never worked two jobs like that, but if an opportunity presented itself, I'd probably take it. I'll save my morals for people who actually care about me.

You can be perfectly moral in your personal life while being amoral in your professional life when it comes to matters like these. Trying to be moral in an inherently amoral environment is just opening yourself up for exploitation.

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Post by padthai »

sesm wrote: post #18
itqwertz wrote: post #2

If you work remotely, a good cure for boredom is working 2+ jobs with minimal responsibilities or expectations. Spinning plates, keeping a mediocre output for keeping the job, is a great wealth and boredom fix.

I have several things to say about this: 1. Jobs with minimal responsibilities pay minimal salary 2. Influencers that promoted overemployment during Covid are now unemployed and trying to survive by selling informational products 3. If a scammer offers you a deal to scam someone, in reality the most likely victim of the scam is you

> 1. Jobs with minimal responsibilities pay minimal salary

This is so wrong, I cannot even take seriously the rest of the points.

Re: Suppressing boredom at work hurts future productivity

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Post by card_zero »

bittercynic wrote: post #14

Suppressing boredom diminishes productivity and the likelihood of finding meaning at home, as well. Guarding against the things I use to avoid boredom is the most effective way I've found of doing the things I'll feel good about later.

You may have misunderstood. "Suppressing" here means ignoring boredom and powering through it. It sounds like you interpreted it to mean the opposite.

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Post by cmrdporcupine »

itqwertz wrote: post #2

If you work remotely, a good cure for boredom is working 2+ jobs with minimal responsibilities or expectations. Spinning plates, keeping a mediocre output for keeping the job, is a great wealth and boredom fix.

Great way to kill remote work for the rest of us.

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Post by taeric »

bittercynic wrote: post #14

Suppressing boredom diminishes productivity and the likelihood of finding meaning at home, as well. Guarding against the things I use to avoid boredom is the most effective way I've found of doing the things I'll feel good about later.

Love to hear examples of things you guard against. And if you have a good guard.

Article seems to be more that you shouldn't "power through" boredom. Sounds like if you can sprinkle fun in, that would be enough to make it not boring? Where fun could be challenging yourself to something. "How much of this can I get in arbitrary timeframe?" kind of challenges.

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Post by dns_snek »

slibhb wrote: post #5
clipsy wrote: post #4

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If capitalism cares about anything, it's economic growth. It's unclear to me how half-assing two jobs is good for economic growth.

Capitalism doesn't care about anything other than personal profit. Half-assing two jobs might not be good for economic growth, but it's the essence of capitalism - earn the most you can for doing the least you can get away with and vice versa, extract the most labor you can while paying the least you can get away with.

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Post by halfcat »

Rinzler89 wrote: post #16
itqwertz wrote: post #2

If you work remotely, a good cure for boredom is working 2+ jobs with minimal responsibilities or expectations. Spinning plates, keeping a mediocre output for keeping the job, is a great wealth and boredom fix.

>2+ jobs with minimal responsibilities or expectations I was never lucky to find such jobs in my life. Every job I had enough on my plate to not have enough time and energy for a second job. Plus, in my EU country working 2 full time jobs at the same time is impossible since employers can ask to see your social security contributions history before you start work to make sure it matches what you said in your resume,…

> if you get caught later, they can sue you for it if they find out

Is it illegal to have 2 jobs in your country?

Re: Suppressing boredom at work hurts future productivity

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Post by _visgean »

Rinzler89 wrote: post #16
itqwertz wrote: post #2

If you work remotely, a good cure for boredom is working 2+ jobs with minimal responsibilities or expectations. Spinning plates, keeping a mediocre output for keeping the job, is a great wealth and boredom fix.

>2+ jobs with minimal responsibilities or expectations I was never lucky to find such jobs in my life. Every job I had enough on my plate to not have enough time and energy for a second job. Plus, in my EU country working 2 full time jobs at the same time is impossible since employers can ask to see your social security contributions history before you start work to make sure it matches what you said in your resume,…

Depends on your setup, if you are working as a self employed then nobody can check that. But only works in certain countries.

Re: Suppressing boredom at work hurts future productivity

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Post by camhart »

itqwertz wrote: post #2

If you work remotely, a good cure for boredom is working 2+ jobs with minimal responsibilities or expectations. Spinning plates, keeping a mediocre output for keeping the job, is a great wealth and boredom fix.

I wish employers would better encourage and reward those who put enormous effort into their job. Far too often you just get dragged along with a promise of a promotion down the road. Then its a 5% increase. Meanwhile the sub-par performers collecting the average salary are getting better compensated for their time.

This is one reason why entrepreneurship can be appealing. Not only is there potential reward for hard work, but you are the captain of the ship too. Its not for everyone, but I think its for far more people than who currently try. The world would benefit from more entrepreneurs providing real value through their efforts.

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