Ask Dr D: What kind of work ethic doesn't offend employees?
In his column, Dr D says that power equals work over time, not work overtime.
By ET Bureau |
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Dear Dr D,
March 1, as you may or may not know, is Employees Day in the US and Canada. In your country, it is the first of May, which comes up soon. Your readers may not know that May 1 is to mourn the institution of eight-hour working days and five-day weeks.
Work is worship, as we all know, and there is no reason for worship to stop after eight hours. In my company, we bless our partners (as we call workers) with a 996 schedule. They work from 9 am to 9 pm six days a week because slackers are not my brothers! 996: Now you can only get these benefits by working for me.
996: So, my young employees never have the need to say: “I’m bored” or “What’s on TV”.
996: It also has the advantage of being easy to remember. Just wake up and drag your a** to work.
Anyway, Doc, people have taken offence to our work ethic. How should I push back? J Ma, Alibaba
Productivity in the office place is more about efficiency and quality than about time. If you don’t get that, and as an owner you probably don’t, you cannot empathise with people who work.
As someone said: “I don’t mind coming to work, it’s the eight-hour wait to go home I cannot stand.” Power = work/time. This means power equals work over time, not work overtime.
(The author is one of the leading doctors in the country. He values his privacy, but not of his clients).
STATUTORY WARNING: This humour column is not for the weak-kneed or the thin-skinned.
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Here are some who had to pay for their words or actions with their jobs.
(Text: Rashmi Menon)
March 1, as you may or may not know, is Employees Day in the US and Canada. In your country, it is the first of May, which comes up soon. Your readers may not know that May 1 is to mourn the institution of eight-hour working days and five-day weeks.
Work is worship, as we all know, and there is no reason for worship to stop after eight hours. In my company, we bless our partners (as we call workers) with a 996 schedule. They work from 9 am to 9 pm six days a week because slackers are not my brothers! 996: Now you can only get these benefits by working for me.
996: So, my young employees never have the need to say: “I’m bored” or “What’s on TV”.
996: It also has the advantage of being easy to remember. Just wake up and drag your a** to work.
Anyway, Doc, people have taken offence to our work ethic. How should I push back? J Ma, Alibaba
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Dear Mr Ma,Productivity in the office place is more about efficiency and quality than about time. If you don’t get that, and as an owner you probably don’t, you cannot empathise with people who work.
As someone said: “I don’t mind coming to work, it’s the eight-hour wait to go home I cannot stand.” Power = work/time. This means power equals work over time, not work overtime.
(The author is one of the leading doctors in the country. He values his privacy, but not of his clients).
STATUTORY WARNING: This humour column is not for the weak-kneed or the thin-skinned.
Here are some who had to pay for their words or actions with their jobs.
(Text: Rashmi Menon)
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