Dilbert: Quiet quitting

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Considering the number of outright slackers I've worked with over the years vs the number of people who actually bust their a$$es every day while on the clock, I'd have to say that so-called "quiet-quitting" should be more the expectation then the exception.

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Idk... I'm either working or I'm not. There's really no "in between".

If I agree to "punch the clock" at all I'm doing the job to the absolute best of my ability no matter what other workers think about it. And that means doing whatever needs to be done while in the process.

The day I decide to quit, (or VERY shortly thereafter lol) you'll be able to tell easily because I won't be there.
 
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JEDI said:
lol based on true story.

wonder what the writer did b4 being a cartoonist?
(wiki just says 'Adams worked in various business roles before he became a full-time cartoonist in 1995.' )
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Once he made his money from cartooning, he switched to being an independent political pundit on persuasion. He has 3 non-comic books out:

1. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
2. Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America
3. Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter

He did a variety of things & failed at a lot of them before finding success as a cartoonist! Once Dilbert caught on, he didn't have to come up with ideas anymore...people would send them in by the THOUSANDS! iirc he said he has enough source material in his personal archives to last him for the rest of his life lol.

I really enjoyed his non-fiction books & learned a lot from them. His explanations of mental filters, the "mental jail" we put ourselves in, and 2D vs. 3D persuasion techniques are absolutely fantastic! I was surprised at how insightful his writing was!
 
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Captante said:
Idk... I'm either working or I'm not. There's really no "in between".

If I agree to "punch the clock" at all I'm doing the job to the absolute best of my ability no matter what other workers think about it. And that means doing whatever needs to be done while in the process.

The day I decide to quit, (or VERY shortly thereafter lol) you'll be able to tell easily because I won't be there.
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That's the difference between a proactive vs. a reactive work ethic. My own career success has never been about any specific job, but rather, my personal work ethic. One of my core work values is having a "growth mindset". This is in reference to the concept American psychologist Carol Dweck rolled out in her 2006 book "Mindset", which is that in any given situation, we can have one of two mindsets:

1. A fixed mindset, which says "I can't & let me explain why I can't"
2. A growth mindset, which says "I can & I will be persistent in finding a way, despite the inevitable barriers that will crop up"

I've read up a lot on the "quiet quitting" thing & the "act your wage" movement & all of the memes on the Antiwork subreddit. They all have very valid points & are fighting against systems that are in dire need of improvement, but looking at it through the lens of the two different mindsets:

1. We can choose to complain & shoot ourselves in the foot through inaction
2. We can choose to shift gears & find a way to improve our lives through our choices & efforts over time

I have one friend in particular, early 30's, who has adopted the modern "victim" mindset, i.e. "complain & then do nothing about it". Works at Amazon (voluntarily) but curses Jeff Bezos. Yet absolutely refuses to get more training (OJT, trade school, technical school, night classes, online classes, etc.) to make his life better. It's always someone else's fault, or the system's fault, or the world is just a terrible place, or whatever. His primary hobby is doom-scrolling on his phone & whining on social media.

He's a smart dude with a fantastic work ethic, very loyal, but it just hasn't clicked in his head that the world is always going to be filled up with both great & terrible opportunities. Nothing is stopping him from applying to a different position, finding a different employer, going to night school, etc. other than he doesn't see that as a valid option for improving his own life. In his view, the world needs to be a perfect place in order for him to be happy & successful, so he can't possibly be truly happy because those things are out of his control, which is straight-up fake news!

I've talked to him about his situation numerous times, but it's like AA: the first step is recognizing that you have a problem, because as with any journey, if you're not willing to take the first step, you'll never be willing to take the second step! He's content to stew & ruminate, rather than taking proactive action to improve his own situation. There are over 12,000 unique types of jobs in American & the BLS posted that there are over 10 million job openings in America. For people who are willing to get selective, get trained, relocate if necessary, and have good work ethic, the world always has been & always will be their oyster!

I'm a huge whiner myself, so I keep this silly meme to remind myself that I can complain all day & stay stuck, or I can recognize that sometimes my problems are my own fault & sometimes they're other people's fault & sometimes bad stuff just happens, but it's up to me to get back up on that bike & get rolling again, rather than getting stuck feeling bad about things, because it's SO EASY to do that!

Again, there are some really serious & difficult situations in the economy right now, so this isn't about ignoring those situations or downplaying them. If an individual wants to become a labor organizer or a protestor or whatever else, they're free to choose to do so, but if they want to make their personal lives better, then learning how to operate independently of the garbage of the world is one of the best ways I've discovered to do that! But that's a hard pill to swallow because consistent effort (by choice & out of the norm of the requirements of our lives, such as going to night school to get more education to become more valuable in the workplace in order to change our job positions or swap companies) is a really difficult thing to master, and that's typically what's required to escape garbage jobs!

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JEDI said:
women from enticement strategy to pain infliction strategy because it works in some weird way?
wtf?

so from spreading their legs to ???
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So tell me .... what exactly is weird or new about the "carrot or the stick" being an effective human (or animal) manipulation-technique?

:p

Just because people don't like to admit the above doesn't make it untrue.
 
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I'm not upset over this because I don't equate being able to come up with and illustrate funny cartoons with being especially intelligent in any way.

I also don't often value the opinion of professional athletes, musicians or actors much except relating to their pro field of expertise.

I still like movies starring Mel Gibson and Eric Clapton still plays a mean guitar despite them being complete id10t's IRL for example.

(Aaron Rodgers MAY suck now though!) :p ;)
 
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The nice thing about most things IT related is that with just a teensy bit of imagination, a lot of the grunt work can be at least semi-automated. That means that you spend most of your time watching the computer work.

But that's from back in the day when mainframes ruled the universe and precious few had much PC experience.
 
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JEDI said:
women from enticement strategy to pain infliction strategy because it works in some weird way?
wtf?

so from spreading their legs to ???
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What is true is that both shitty men and women entice and attract in bad faith for purposes other than relationship edification. By extension, the system benefits the duplicitous party because it cannot deal with "undisclosed thoughts" and only the "prima facie" presented by both parties. The duplicitous party is more experienced in gaming the system.

What is not necessarily true to blaming one gender as always the duplicitous party and the other as the victimized party.
 
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BudAshes said:
No idea what he is talking about here but definitely sounds like some of my bitter divorced friends.

I did really like the Dilbert tv show. I still rewatch it every once in a while.
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Looks like he got divorced this year, bummer! I'd imagine it's hard not to get bitter.

Yeah, the Dilbert TV show was fun, I gotta go back & watch it! "A comet hit my Stairmaster - that's why I don't exercise anymore!"
 
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