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People just want to be trusted to do their work. They want to be trusted to as adults in the workplace, adults who will do their jobs.
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043 |
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Everyone knows what trust feels like and flexible work arrangements are not about trust.
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043 |
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As opposed to being a way to make work suck less, flexible work arrangements actually reinforce the status quo. In fact, flextime can make life suck more.
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044 |
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…if we can challenge our outmoded attitudes about time and how work gets done… then we can move toward a new way of working and thinking about work.
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047 |
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When you’re giving Sludge or receiving it or anticipating it you’re not contributing to work or to your life.
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054 |
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When we allow Sludge we’re accepting and reinforcing a workplace that values time and appearances over genuine accomplishment.
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054 |
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If you focus on the work, then you can’t attack other people, you can’t gang up on your coworkers, you can’t beat yourself up.
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060 |
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Work culture makes people do and say things that don’t drive results.
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061 |
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…even if you get rid of the old attitudes about work, you need a new set of attitudes to take their place. You need a new culture.
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088 |
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The clock is no longer what you use to determine if you are working or if you’re not working. There is no late or early, only getting your job done or not getting your job done.
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093 |
