Poll of the Day > Should you not accept work if you feel like you're going to be lazy?

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There's 7 billion people they could have hired and they decided 'meh, the lazy guy' was good enough

Lokarin posted...

There's 7 billion people they could have hired and they decided 'meh, the lazy guy' was good enough

You're assuming they possess sufficient psychic powers to automatically know the lazy guy is lazy.

Unless there's a tell-tale giveaway (like former employers listed for references who all complain about how lazy the person was), a potential employer isn't going to have any real way to detect something that intangible (at least not until after you've already been working for awhile). Unless you're literally walking into a job interview and going "Hey, heads up, if you hire me I'm totally going to half-ass any task you give me", they won't know you're going to screw them over until after you've screwed them over.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

You're assuming they possess sufficient psychic powers to automatically know the lazy guy is lazy.

Unless there's a tell-tale giveaway (like former employers listed for references who all complain about how lazy the person was), an employer isn't going to have any real way to detect something that intangible. Unless you're literally walking into a job interview and going "Hey, heads up, if you hire me I'm totally going to half-ass any task you give me."

Employees are a product like any other, the purchaser (employer) shoulda... squeezed the melons (metaphorically)

Lokarin posted...

Employees are a product like any other, the purchaser (employer) shoulda... squeezed the melons (metaphorically)

Short of putting you to work for a period of time and not paying you for it unless you meet a sufficient standard of work (which is a problem for entirely different reasons), there really isn't a feasible way to actually do that.

Again, "lazy" isn't necessarily something that's obvious until after it's already too late. Unless prior employers are ratting you out because you were stupid/lazy enough to provide them as references in spite of having screwed them over with your laziness.

Whatever, wherever and whoever can pay me by the hour and I'm good.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

You're assuming they possess sufficient psychic powers to automatically know the lazy guy is lazy.

Unless there's a tell-tale giveaway (like former employers listed for references who all complain about how lazy the person was), a potential employer isn't going to have any real way to detect something that intangible (at least not until after you've already been working for awhile). Unless you're literally walking into a job interview and going "Hey, heads up, if you hire me I'm totally going to half-ass any task you give me", they won't know you're going to screw them over until after you've screwed them over.

To be fair, I did once get a job when I told them I was lazy in the interview.

I try to do as much as I can.

Glob posted...

To be fair, I did once get a job when I told them I was lazy in the interview.

There is a difference between being lazy and not actually doing your job.

Lazy is finding the quickest and easiest way to do your job with minimal effort. Depending on the job, that can be an asset.

Not doing your job is...slacking off and not doing your job. No one wants that.

The biggest problem is you can't fire lazy people, that should be a fireable offense. A few lazy people will make the good workers hate their job since they have to pick up others slack and runs them ragged. It hurts the employer, other (good) employees and ruins productivity. And I'm not saying people can't have lazy days but if it becomes a regular thing they should be fired for everyone's sake.

Dikitain posted...

There is a difference between being lazy and not actually doing your job.

Lazy is finding the quickest and easiest way to do your job with minimal effort. Depending on the job, that can be an asset.

Not doing your job is...slacking off and not doing your job. No one wants that.

Yes, in fairness, I described myself as lazy but still getting good results.

I used to think I was lazy. Then I started working with lazy people. Even putting in a minimum effort, I'm more accurate, faster, and produce better quality work than most of my coworkers.