Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke–the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific

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Title	Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Jokeâthe Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific
Publication Type	Book
Pub Year	2008
Authors	Ressler, C., & Thompson J.
Publisher	Portfolio Hardcover
Keywords	busyness, control, flexibility, freedom, individuality, motivation, ROWE, rules, stress
Notes	control"You're stuck in a cube with a desktop computer and a phone with a cord so you can be there in person should your manager walk over to check up on whether or not you're working. The game becomes looking busy instead of working hard and solving problems and contributing. It's a game no one wins. You lose your freedom, your motivation, your soul, and in exchange for control over your life, your company gets little more than a show of work." (p. 28) stress"And we bet you could find a lot of people who might wonder how much longer we can go on like this. At this level of stress. In this toxic atmosphere." (p. 16) individuality"In a ROWE you no longer judge people based on their work style. You no longer assume everyone learns and processes information the same way. In a ROWE you put people and their skills first and the job second. As long as the work is getting done you don't worry about how (provided that people are still behaving in a legal and ethical manner and one that is in keeping with your company's values). You no longer judge individual work styles." (p. 119) rules"There are no answers in the employee handbook. The only solution is to change the game entirely." (p. 3) ROWE"We're starting a movement that will reshape the way many things in this country, and across the world, get done. We're offering not a new way of working, but a new way of living. This new way of living is based on the radical idea that you're an adult. It's based on the radical idea that that even though you owe your company your best work, you do not owe them your time or your life." (p. 3)

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