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*'''Turn a videoconference into a phone-call''': This is a nice idea. Indeed, you would be doing your organisation an even ''better'' service persuading whoever convenes these blessed videoconferences to just ''stop'' doing so without substitution, but this is an earnest step in the right direction. | *'''Turn a videoconference into a phone-call''': This is a nice idea. Indeed, you would be doing your organisation an even ''better'' service persuading whoever convenes these blessed videoconferences to just ''stop'' doing so without substitution, but this is an earnest step in the right direction. | ||
*'''Not check email out of hours''': Okay, but who doesn’t doom-scroll their work inbox every now and then? If you are passingly interested in your organisation and your career, you will: in which case this is bad advice. | *'''Not check email out of hours''': Okay, but who doesn’t doom-scroll their work inbox every now and then? If you are passingly interested in your organisation and your career, you will: in which case this is bad advice. | ||
'''Ask for help''': One of the core functions of any collaborative enterprise, so it should not be a surprise that fellow workers might ask each other for assistance every now and then. But there is proactive collaboration, and there is (non-directed) [[laziness]].<ref>''Directed'' [[laziness]] is a laudable end, and one that the [[JC]] regards one of the highest functions of the working stiff.</ref> | *'''Ask for help''': One of the core functions of any collaborative enterprise, so it should not be a surprise that fellow workers might ask each other for assistance every now and then. But there is proactive collaboration, and there is (non-directed) [[laziness]].<ref>''Directed'' [[laziness]] is a laudable end, and one that the [[JC]] regards one of the highest functions of the working stiff.</ref> | ||
'''Challenge things you’re not comfortable with''': Of course — could a contrarian disagree — but remember serenity’s prayer. If you find it hard to reconcile your organisation’s capitalist objectives to your own neo-Marxist values — and HR’s heroic efforts to accommodate you don’t quite go far enough — consider whether you are really in the right line of work. | *'''Challenge things you’re not comfortable with''': Of course — could a contrarian disagree — but remember serenity’s prayer. If you find it hard to reconcile your organisation’s capitalist objectives to your own neo-Marxist values — and HR’s heroic efforts to accommodate you don’t quite go far enough — consider whether you are really in the right line of work. | ||
===Don’t get carried away=== | ===Don’t get carried away=== | ||
*'''Make mistakes''': Well, okay. Everyone makes mistakes. But there are ''mistakes'' — snap judgments you are forced to make with limited information when dealing with a novel situation which turn out to be sub-optimal — and there are ''mistakes'' — basic errors calling into question your competence to carry out your daily function. The former are fine if you own up to them quickly, learn from them, and don’t repeat them. The latter are ''not'' okay. Expect to be disciplined if you cannot carry out your basic function. | *'''Make mistakes''': Well, okay. Everyone makes mistakes. But there are ''mistakes'' — snap judgments you are forced to make with limited information when dealing with a novel situation which turn out to be sub-optimal — and there are ''mistakes'' — basic errors calling into question your competence to carry out your daily function. The former are fine if you own up to them quickly, learn from them, and don’t repeat them. The latter are ''not'' okay. Expect to be disciplined if you cannot carry out your basic function. | ||