Why is it that bobbathejobba doesn't get much work done when at work?
446883
You would'nt get much work done either if your name was Bobbathejobba.
96938
I feel people are more productive in situations where finishing task are rewarded and not hours spent.  Example: a boss says "when these 100 widgets are done, you can go home with a full days pay"  The worker will get the 100 widgets done as fast as he can.  If the worker was simply paid by the hour, it would probably take him a full shift to complete his 100 widgets.  If a boss said I will pay you $1.00 per widget, I would bet the worker would make as many widgets as he could in a given day.
1019470
When I stay late, I find that I get a lot more work done.  The constant interruptions during the day are unproductive.  However, if I have a problem that I need to discuss, there is no one around.  There is good and bad, but that doesn't stop me.
392912
DO NOT DO HIS WORK!!!!   \n\nif someone isn't cutting it at work and you get questioned about work not getting done, then inform your supervisor of the problem.  you shouldn't have to do your work and his.  \n\nthis is coming from a managment person of many years.  your supervisor may not be aware of his slacking...all your sup may see is that the work is done. \n\nif he leaves tasks that HAVE to get done by end of day, but are his responsibility, then document this and take the documentation to your supervisor.  explain that you are not complaining, you are simply pointing out that he slacks and you're left with it.  it's unfair and if you are doing more, perhaps you should have better wages, better hours etc.  BUT like i said...don't whine and complain, managers HATE that.  we all feel like we do more than our co workers, however, if you have documentation and show it to your sup in a professional manner and it is clear that he is shirking his responsibilities, then your sup should hear you loud and clear.\n\ngood luck and take care!
382660
Multi-tasking?  Well, I'm a married female, full-time student and business owner.  If I didn't multi-task, I'd never get anything done.  So, when I'm doing the laundry I'm doing my homework and answering the phones for the business.  Besides, if I didn't multi-task I wouldn't know what to do with my time.  :-)
784865
It is very, very difficult to get everything done in the time that we have been alloted to do so, which is typically 8 hours.\n\nSo with that said, for me personally......I work several additional hours everyday for many weeks and sometimes that is just to stay ahead of the game, still doesn't mean I am getting everything done. There is still lots of follow up on things.\n\nI have to prioritize my work the night before for the next day and sometimes that doesn't work, because the next day might present fires that need immediate attention, which means my night before prioritizing just went out the window.\n\nAfter fighting the struggle day after day, sometimes I just say to myself, "self, you are only one person and you can only do so much and what you do not do today/night, will be sitting right here, waiting for you tomorrow." With that said.....I pack up my stuff and go home and try to tackle it all over again and then some, the next day.
1185115
I'm at work, and shouldn't be doing this. Oh well.\n\nMy job has boring days and extremely busy days. Today is definately a boring day. I'm trying to kill time.
150839
IBM had this problem.  It became too top heavy.  This happens when the company has too many managers and too few people to carry out the work.  Stress levels increase and you end up with a huge attrition rate of the people that actually do the work.  Yet the managers are "proactive" and keep hiring people to do the work.  Projects run over budget and the managers blame the work-force.  They never see that they are top heavy till it is too late.  Think how much bigger IBM would have been!
518290
I feel your pain.  My resolution?  I tell the individual that I am too busy and he has to do it himself.  I don't do his work anymore.  When my supervisor complains; I tell him "not my job".  Good luck with that one.
188783
Yes, I work with a hyperactive, two faced twit. She also seems to possess Jedi mind powers, so even though everyone at work knows she is a pain in the butt, she manages to turn things around so that soon enough, the boss is on OUR cases instead. She claimed that I was much slower at a task than she could have gotten the job done. My boss(I am the closing supervisor btw), then turned on me like a rabid pit bull and demanded to know why I can't get the job done as quickly. I told her that not having done this particular task as frequently as MOST of the other employees, anyone of them could do it faster. The pain is now super sweet to my face, but compains behind my back. Oh well.\n  Payback stinks though, because now that she has shown she can get it done faster, we are ALL required to get it done faster and she can't understand what happened to cause this stressful atmosphere. \nP.S.- She gets most of her tasks done faster than the rest of us by not doing them, or not finishing them correctly! Wish the boss could see that!!!
200492
How about not chatting and doing some work?\n\nUseless employees...
418580
I think that looking busy is actually harder work than just doing your job, and the time doesnt half drag. If you're gonna not work then go the whole hog, put your feet on the desk and tell your boss you're having an 8-hour break. Or just go home.
274710
When it's more work than fun
208954
I can't take up a lot of sources to back my argument here, but from my own experience and that is that those who "hardly" work will eventually get their due. \n\nIt's not going to be always the case that they will have someone to back them up and eventually the bosses that have been misguided by their "hard work" will see the truth. \n\nSo my advice to those that do work "hard", to keep doing so, but also to not shy away from showing they work hard.  This takes confidence and you will feel it if you truly work "hard".
895107
I don't feel sorry for the person that he's hogging the runs from.  He's ambitious, and obviously hard working while the person he's hogging them from is an obvious complainer and potentially lazy.  He wants the next step which is getting out of the car; acting as manager; taking the orders or making the pizza's.  That kind of hard work is noted.  If you don't like it, you have 2 choices.  You can quit, or you can step up your own performance a bit.  Anything else you do will make it look bad on you and make it even better for him.
697854
People get busy, kiddo!  Sometimes, I have time to read, but not to answer, sometimes my bloody keyboard is broken so I can use te mouse, read, but not answer!  Its called LIFE!
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THEY  DON'T WORK ALL OF THE TIME.