Assymetrical outcomes
I've noticed something peculiar about working for the United States Army. For one, this is my first salaried job, which means that I no longer have a desire to stay behind and work extra, ever. It also amuses me that I get paid the same amount for 28 days (including a 4 day weekend off for President's Day) in February as I do for 31 days in March. If the weekends fall just right, my hourly/daily wage in February is awesome compared to March. But that's not the point of this post.
Here's what happens when soldiers finish a task 30 minutes earlier than expected - the soldiers are expected to keep themselves busy with mundane tasks until it's the standard time to get off work. When soldiers finish a task 30 minutes later than expected, they'll stay 30 minutes late. At the extremes you'll have soldiers sitting around doing nothing for days at a time, and then being asked to work a 17 hour workday about a week later. Ridiculous.
Here's what happens when soldiers finish a task 30 minutes earlier than expected - the soldiers are expected to keep themselves busy with mundane tasks until it's the standard time to get off work. When soldiers finish a task 30 minutes later than expected, they'll stay 30 minutes late. At the extremes you'll have soldiers sitting around doing nothing for days at a time, and then being asked to work a 17 hour workday about a week later. Ridiculous.
It's called the law of averages.
Posted by
FUNG! |
March 26, 2008 7:03 PM
The one I love is when you sit around and do nothing all day, then an hour before you are supposed to get off, they give you all this stuff to do and you still end up working late anyway. As if it couldn't wait until tomorrow morning when I will again have nothing to do.
Posted by
Anonymous |
December 28, 2011 7:34 PM