Timeline for Coworkers accusing me of "cheating" for working more efficiently
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| Oct 21, 2019 at 6:33 | comment | added | Rich M | While unemployment in the face of automation is true, there are many jobs in existence now which didn't exist 100 years ago when automation was in its infancy. You have to remember that automation is not the only thing in life which progresses and without progression, the human race will never evolve. | |
| Oct 20, 2019 at 14:59 | comment | added | user76284 | @gerrit Compensation rises with productivity, even in the short term. | |
| Oct 20, 2019 at 8:53 | comment | added | gerrit | @user76284 Every case in which people lose their job due to automation. See, for example, technological unemployment on the English language Wikipedia. A lot has been written about this. I've never heard of evidence to the contrary; can you cite any? To clarify, I'm talking about short-term (temporary) impact on individual workers here, not about long-term impact on the overall workforce. For a hard-to-retrain 55-year old the "temporary impact" may well mean unemployment until retirement. | |
| Oct 19, 2019 at 18:51 | comment | added | user76284 | @gerrit "The gains of increased productivity are...often detrimental to individual workers." Do you have a source for that, since it contradicts the overwhelming evidence to the contrary? | |
| Oct 17, 2019 at 14:55 | comment | added | Rich M | Well, I agree with what you're saying in principle but there really is no such thing as "cheating" at work. I applaud the OP for their initiative and think that others should adopt a similar attitude, not necessarily for the employer but for themselves. In this instance, teaching themselves some PowerShell is increasing their own knowledge, excersising their learning abilities, easing the strains on their workload and generally making their personal life at work that bit better irrespective of their employers views. To improve yourself you have to push through the barriers to achieve. | |
| Oct 17, 2019 at 13:40 | comment | added | gerrit | No — I'm suggesting that any measures which increase productivity should be used for the benefit of the whole company. This can be difficult under (shareholder run) capitalism. Give everyone better tools and reward everyone better, which is only fair since the workers are now adding more value per hour worked. In a capitalist system without strong unions, there is a large risk that owners will pocket the benefits from increased productivity, perhaps by laying off part of the workforce — in this system, of course co-workers will be skeptical of what should otherwise be an improvement for all. | |
| Oct 17, 2019 at 13:24 | comment | added | Rich M | So are you suggesting the OP not use his initiative to streamline his own workload or instead suggest he succumb to the pressure of his colleagues telling him to cease an activity which is clearly making them feel uneasy and dull down with the rest of the herd for an easier life and to stick it to the man? | |
| Oct 17, 2019 at 11:17 | comment | added | gerrit | In capitalism, the gains of increased productivity are rarely beneficial, and often detrimental, to individual workers — I doubt management is voluntarily going to offer to increase salaries if they witness an increase in productivity, and it is conceivable that they will lay off part of the workforce if they realise they can do the work with less people. | |
| Oct 17, 2019 at 10:53 | comment | added | Rich M | Point is though that the OP has offered to help others increase productivity but this offer has been refused. It doesn't sound like he's lording it over them and boasting about it. I do agree that the system could be modified slightly though. | |
| Oct 17, 2019 at 8:04 | comment | added | gerrit | If there is a competition where the best performing gets a reward, and someone brings tools that the others don't have and perhaps can't afford without taking on debt, then I'm not surprised some call it "cheating". The system is at fault here. | |
| Oct 17, 2019 at 7:21 | history | edited | Rich M | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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