Why are companies hire lazy employees and ok with a slacker image?

Amazon
topddev

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topddev
Jan 3 57 Comments

Certain companies like Microsoft and Google have begun to attract lazy employees. The ones who want to “retire”. You see this sentiment on Blind all the time. This is due to these companies having an image where slacking at work is the norm. I can’t see how this is good for the company nor can I see how this is good for the career growth of people working there. When I see a candidate from Microsoft I automatically assume they don’t have the work ethic to be cut out for Amazon. I’ve always felt work ethic is extremely important in delivering results for shareholders. Better work hard and be mediocre than be lazy and smart. Work in tech doesn’t require geniuses.

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TOP 57 Comments
  • Oracle
    LarryEpi

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    LarryEpi
    Way to generalize. When i see an Amazon employee, I automatically assume …
    Jan 3 16
  • Google
    agunx

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    agunx
    This is incorrect. Work life balance and slacking are two different things. If you build high quality products that don't need a lot of baby sitting, you don't need to work overtime day in and out.
    Jan 3 3
  • Solid 40 hours work is not lazy.
    Jan 3 8
    • New
      engineerDa

      New

      engineerDa
      It's not the bare minimum. It's what you're paid to do. That you're working more hours for nothing more suggests that the value you believe you provide with 40 hours of work is so low that you need to double that to keep up with your peers.

      Many of us manage to do our work, go above and beyond, and grow at 40 hours.

      I get working hard. But if you're working that hard to to justify your pay which was predicated on you working 40 hours, that suggests there's a problem with you.

      Want to know how I get more than 40 hours of work done despite just working 40 hours in a particular week? I improve the work efficiency of my team. So instead of me needing to work 2X, I get 1.5X output out of multiple people. Then we collectively see > 2X improvement while working 40 hours.
      Jan 4
    • LinkedIn
      miceinkich

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      miceinkich
      Op implementing more functionalities isn’t exceeds expectations. Giving smart suggestions, new product ideas, unblocking others, etc takes you to next level.
      Jan 4
  • Cisco
    Wuss912

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    Wuss912
    And your amazon brainwashing is complete...
    Jan 3 1
  • Google
    wUyR14

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    wUyR14
    We lazy and smart people won't apply to Amazon anyway. 😂
    Jan 3 0