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Don't know if lazy is the right word, but the opposite of ambitious. Don't care about raise, promotion, recognition - just want to go in/out and do the least amount of work possible.
If this is you - why? Have you always been like this?
Its easy to become that if the lay of the land around the company is filled with nepotism/cronyism. Where the only promotions you see is because people are related/Friends with someone in power. If you aren't getting promoted due to your merit/value, whats the point of breaking your back for the company?
If it's work that I'm hired to do and I'm interested in, I'll work at it with passion.
If it's work that I never signed up for and doesn't interest me (like administrative duties), I'll put the minimum amount of effort and time into them.
If it's work that I'm hired to do and I'm interested in, I'll work at it with passion.
If it's work that I never signed up for and doesn't interest me (like administrative duties), I'll put the minimum amount of effort and time into them.
This is a perfectly rational response. A stance that most workers already have taken. But management thinks it's lazy for folks to not want to take on responsibilities that don't interest them or won't help them grow.
We have a job scope misalignment problem in most corporations today. Fix it and productivity will improve across the board.
When I worked, I neither did the least nor the most. I did quite a bit more than the minimum but it is my policy to not do so much that for the 8 hours or so that I'm at home after work before I have to go to bed to not be so wiped from work that I cannot have any time to myself, so I'm not going to work to exhaustion either (not unless it was my dream job, and likely self-employed too).
Now, if I had a bad night's sleep (perhaps yelling people in the house, idiots outside with fireworks, or something) and only got 4 or so hours of sleep, yes, I might be more likely to do the minimum to get by, only because it would be easier to mess up if I tried too too far beyond that.
(BTW, not saying I wouldn't do such that I was so exhausted afterword that I was able to only use 5 or so minutes for myself, on a busy day, but if it "busy day" becomes defined as "pretty much everyday", then I'd slack off and do enough but not go all out so that I didn't get burnout.)
Don't know if lazy is the right word, but the opposite of ambitious. Don't care about raise, promotion, recognition - just want to go in/out and do the least amount of work possible.
If this is you - why? Have you always been like this?
Unfortunately, the workplace is full of people just like you. They are just there to collect a paycheck, get no personal satisfaction out of doing their job well, and then wonder why they never get out of that rut. I've worked with a ton of people just like that over the past 60 years.
I can see it when someone is in their teens, but by their 20's , most people should be finding their purpose in life and want to make that life even better, and hard work and dedication are the way to achieve that goal.
But , there is an upside. People like the OP make the rest of us look great and our employers go out of their way to show their appreciation. Thank you for making my climb in all the careers I have had over the years so much easier !
Don't know if lazy is the right word, but the opposite of ambitious. Don't care about raise, promotion, recognition - just want to go in/out and do the least amount of work possible.
If this is you - why? Have you always been like this?
And will always be.
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