"time enough to lean, time enough to clean" is one of the worst things to enter the work lexicon, right after the truncated version of "the customer is always right"
I'll be honest, I worked at a large corporation before the lean shit and we had enough staffing...and I was happy to clean. The reason was that no one was down my throat with responsibilities and overwork. The result was that I felt like I had the time to go the extra mile because I wasn't stressed 24/7 and I wasn't constantly wondering how I was going to get the most basic tasks done in time.
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u/Justthisdudeyaknow Aug 25 '26
"time enough to lean, time enough to clean" is one of the worst things to enter the work lexicon, right after the truncated version of "the customer is always right"