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Re: Not a fan of this one

I think you will find a problem with " People need to contribute, and those that would turn up for their wage and not care aren't welcome."

A lot of jobs are not interesting / exciting but people do them because they need to pay their bills.

Virtually nobody will get excited about flipping burgers as an obvious example.

If you think people are excited / enthusiastic / caring about low wage, tedious jobs, then you have been hoodwinked (as a key skill in those jobs is to pretend to be motivated & enthusiastic when people of authority are around)

.. and if a job is interesting, all the motivation in the world does not make somebody good (and the converse is true)

"On top of that, good staff want to do good work, not sit around bored, so if there's no work for them, we're hurting them by keeping them on."

.. Ever hear of burnout?

Most staff benefit from a bit of down time - and the good ones will not be bored but work on side projects that often benefit the company.

There may be lots wrong with Google, but their giving employees formalized time for their side projects is one of the few things they can be praised for.

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