Racism Workplace Etiquette

Racial Situations in the Workplace

An interesting take on how one can use racist attitudes to one’s advantage – they hit some things dead on, some they missed, entertaining nonetheless.

The Peter Principle

Peter Principle: The employee’s incompetence is not necessarily exposed as a result of the higher-ranking position being more difficult — simply, that job is different from the job in which the employee previously excelled, and thus requires different work skills, which the employee may not possess.

tan(011) – My Intuition parks bad on the streets, sickly

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tan(010) – Importance to women is a hard route to MapQuest

There is a correlation though I think between tangents/rants (pent up anger and frustration) to producing great content; whether it is art, writing, sports, or singing – frustration seems to affect performance (for some), well for me, looks like it is positvely correlated. So, haters, busters, chumps, pricks, hacks, and lames – keep doing your thing!

Presenteeism pt. 2

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Stretching Thin

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Presenteeism

“20 to 30 days out of the year, people show up for work, but accomplish very little”

Presenteeism is the opposite of absenteeism. In contrast to absenteeism, when employees are absent from work, presenteeism discusses the problems faced when employees come to work in spite of illness, which can have similar negative repercussions on business performance. It can also refer to the expectation of employers for their employees to be present at work regardless of whether any work is available or accomplished.

Custom Out-of-Office Assistants for the Yuppies

Something to make you laugh for those times at work when you went to send your superior’s head throught the TFT monitor display.

Workplace Etiquette for the Yuppy

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WikiP: ‘Trust’

Trust
Virtues: relationships, predictive actions, past knowledge

I‘ve always known wikipedia to be a good resource for historical facts and events, but it never really dawned on me that wikipedia can be used as a dictionary…

Pussification pt. 2: No, I don’t subscribe

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