Hard Worker?

connundrum · 16-02-2006 04:51PM #1

Do you work 'hard' in whatever role you're employed to fill? I mean, I know that there are lazy ass people (such as myself) who will do the bare minimum till deadline day and then get mad stressed.. but there are people who break their back everyday regardless of the importance of task they are given..

I personally think that when I get a job that I love, they will be no stopping me for 9 hours a day*.. but until then, I'll just see the week through with as little hassle as possible thanks :v:

*Maybe 4 or 5 hours, but significantly more than present time

Wickla in Blaa · 16-02-2006 04:56PM

Bah... I'm jobless, and a bum.

I used to break my balls in work (Thinking that it may lead to something and even got opportunities in work to do new things because of this, with the same pay of course, scabby ****s) but then I saw that around me others got the same pay for hiding and getting by. Considering this i used my reputation as hard worker to get work in less supervised sections of my job and people just assume i work as hard as ever.

My hard work has setup a platform as a dosser, I'm still approached to do important stuff but at quiet times i pretend I'm allready doing important stuff and sit on my fat hole!, **** em and their non promotion givin' ****in heads!!!

I haven't done a tap in weeks!! In fact today all I've done is ****ed around on boards

(an account that I only setup cos i decided I was doing nothing this week)

Kojak · 16-02-2006 04:58PM

Bah... I'm jobless, and a bum.

I think the importance of the work itself determines whether I will work hard at something or not.

If it was a long-term project I wouldn't really bother my arse, but if it was due in a week or two then I would concentrate on that alone.

My philosophy is - do as little work as possible (without doing so little that you will get fired) for the pay that you get - that way you are getting your wages easier than the lad who is breaking his back working hard for the same pay.

AARRRGH · 16-02-2006 05:00PM

People normally get promoted via politics and "I like him/her" rather than hard work.

...

But if I like a job I'll try my best. I do find it hard to "work hard" when I'm doing something ****ty though...

PlayGirl · 16-02-2006 05:01PM

I do enough to get by.

i'm never really bothered to do things if they take too much effort/energy.. including school (i still go there!

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Pighead · 16-02-2006 05:01PM

Bah... I'm jobless, and a bum.

Pighead does just enough to get by at work. I depend on my good looks and charm to get by in life.

Dizzyblabla · 16-02-2006 05:01PM

Hard work?! I laugh in your face!

I work my ass off, it's rarely noticed, sometimes I do even three times the work of others I work with..
I don't take sick days and I even went straight to work after being crashed into a few weeks back. I think I'd go mad if I sat around doing nothing all day, but then again, I do find time to have a look on boards every so often!

Rb · 16-02-2006 05:03PM

Hard work?! I laugh in your face!

My job doesn't demand a whole lot from me but I do put a fair bit of effort into it.
Some days I'll get very little done but that'd be because theres nothing to do, but if theres a job that needs to be done I'll do it.

connundrum · 16-02-2006 05:05PM

Kojak wrote:

My philosophy is - do as little work as possible (without doing so little that you will get fired) for the pay that you get - that way you are getting your wages easier than the lad who is breaking his back working hard for the same pay.

I do fully agree with you on that point, but a lot of the older generation feel that it's their duty to put in an 'honest' days work.. and I know that older people (granddad, uncles etc) would disapprove of me poncing around an office all day gettin the same wage as them.. but thats begrudgery I suppose.. hmmmm :rolleyes:

Brother To God · 16-02-2006 05:07PM

I notice if you do over time and break your balls each day
you get no thanks and even better when you can not do
over time you get the look,the look that says c**t!
I try to do no work at all and sometimes even go around
moving items to make it look like I was just after doing
something.If a company expects you to work they should pay
you well for it,The pay I am on requires me to work approx
one hour maybe,I,m sick of breaking my balls,I have washed
the Blood and sweat off my broken balls so I am
gonna sit back and try
let them heal!

Scraggs · 16-02-2006 05:09PM

Hard work?! I laugh in your face!

I work like a divil and it usually goes unnoticed, I do all the crappy jobs that everyone hates [putting out rubbish, sorting hangers etc] without being asked. I am left unsupervised though most of the time and I am well respected by the other staff. I love my job though so i dont care

Tazz T · 16-02-2006 05:09PM

I do enough to get by.

If you're talented enough at what you do, you don't have to work as hard.:D

Litcagral · 16-02-2006 05:11PM

Dizzyblabla wrote:

I don't take sick days QUOTE]

I have only taken two sick days in eighteen years. Colleagues say that I'll get "no thanks for it" but I don't agree - I could tempt fate and end up with a serious illness!

Rb · 16-02-2006 05:15PM

Hard work?! I laugh in your face!

Scraggs wrote:

I work like a divil and it usually goes unnoticed, I do all the crappy jobs that everyone hates [putting out rubbish, sorting hangers etc] without being asked. I am left unsupervised though most of the time and I am well respected by the other staff. I love my job though so i dont care

Do you work in a clothes store?

Vegeta · 16-02-2006 05:17PM

Bah... I'm jobless, and a bum.

I have no problem playing computer games for 8 hours straight but why o why cant i love my job and do the same here. I hate my job, if I didn't have a 10 grand loan i'd actively be seeking better employment

godtabh · 16-02-2006 05:17PM

I'll work as hard as I can so that the job I'm doing will be done on time.

But in my part time employment days it was a total different story!

muppetkiller · 16-02-2006 05:17PM

We're posting during work hours are we not...

AARRRGH · 16-02-2006 05:18PM

Tazz T wrote:

If you're talented enough at what you do, you don't have to work as hard.:D

I agree 100%! What's hard work for someone is a piece of cake for someone else.

Kur4mA · 16-02-2006 05:33PM

I do enough to get by.

"hard work"

Canis Lupus · 16-02-2006 05:40PM

I work on and off.

I take an easy day I take a busy day and repeat.

Pythia · 16-02-2006 06:01PM

Hard work?! I laugh in your face!

I work hard. I love getting things done. Mmm lists...
Anyway, I work on commission so I need to work hard to make decent money.

Nightwish · 16-02-2006 06:12PM

Hard work?! I laugh in your face!

Outside of work, I am a lazy bum, especially when it comes to college work. I can't really doss in work unless its quiet, so normally I'm run off my feet, so I really dont have a choice.

Nimrod's Son · 16-02-2006 06:23PM

Bah... I'm jobless, and a bum.

My job has sucked some of the life out of me :mad: Some days I'll work like a bastard and others I'm prone to bouts of extreme lethargy. Needless to say, these are my favourite days!

Femelade · 16-02-2006 06:31PM

I do enough to get by.

i never ring in sick unless i really am, i go in hung over if i have to and sleep as much as i can during the day.
the people i work with are basically the same, we do as little as we have to.
there are days when some things HAVE to be done, so we do them as best we can. but if there's a chance to doss, which there usually is, we will take the oppurtunity.
although there are days were we are very proud that we did so much in one day as much as it killed us atthe time of actually doing it.

Mossy Monk · 16-02-2006 06:53PM

Bah... I'm jobless, and a bum.

options are not varied enough i think

i wouldnt bust my balls at work but i wouldnt do nothing either so i chose the I do enough to get by.

Litcagral · 16-02-2006 07:41PM

muppetkiller wrote:

We're posting during work hours are we not...

Unfortunately not - I've never had the need to use a computer at work yet - they don't exist anyway. Any posting I do is from home in my own time.:(

rainbow kirby · 16-02-2006 08:11PM

Hard work?! I laugh in your face!

I work hard at my job... I don't really have much choice but to! In college, I work hard when I need to, otherwise I'm a lazy bum. Though I *did* spend 5 hours playing a DS game in college today, despite the fact I have a programming assignment due on Monday which I'm not finished.

w00t 4,000th post

Font22 · 16-02-2006 09:07PM

i work hard when i have to, other then that i just cruise along

Zaph · 16-02-2006 09:21PM

Bah... I'm jobless, and a bum.

Mossy Monk wrote:

options are not varied enough i think

i wouldnt bust my balls at work but i wouldnt do nothing either so i chose the I do enough to get by.

Same here. I'll work my balls off as and when the need arises, but fortunately that's not the norm where I work so I do what's expected of me every day, sometimes a bit more, sometimes a bit less, and go home as early as I can.

OLDYELLAR · 16-02-2006 11:16PM

Hard work?! I laugh in your face!

Im a bit of a work freak to be honest , a perfectionist I suppose , I work my ass off every day and if they allowed me Id probably take the work home just to double check it , I stress a lot that Ive made mistakes along the way and then I stress that theres bits Ive forgotten to do if I get a job done quickly.

Then again I do like the job so usually the day goes really quickly , I did have a couple of incidents of dosing off in work which aint good but I put that down to the stress I was under at the time also not sleeping worrying about workloads didnt help the situation either. Bloody tax returns :rolleyes:

Binomate · 16-02-2006 11:21PM

Hard work?! I laugh in your face!

I'm a pizza man. I get to have sex with all the ladies, just like in the movies.

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