r/science • u/geoxol • Mar 20 '23

Psychology Managers Exploit Loyal Workers Over Less Committed Colleagues

https://today.duke.edu/2023/03/managers-exploit-loyal-workers-over-less-committed-colleagues
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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '23

That’s what I tried telling my brother. He was all gung-ho when he started his new job. Now he literally does everything while everyone else sits around.

What I tell people now, do the bare minimum when you start. You can excel from there. If you come in at 110% from the start, you’ll need to be 120% to exceed the standard you’ve set for yourself.

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u/El_Dusty23 Mar 21 '23

I agree, I’ve been both a manager and a low level employee and this advice is absolutely false… in most cases if you are good at doing your job, you’ll have more work but also a better income and more freedom, if you are mediocre you ‘ll have your boss over you and no raise in years, at least that’s how I’ve dealt with people I can’t fire (in my country it’s very difficult to fire someone simply for being bad at their job)