http://blog.hypercubed.com/archives/2005/09/28/job-burnout/ Incoherent chatter on issues related to science, computing, and philosophy. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:57:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://blog.hypercubed.com/archives/2005/09/28/job-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-9163 Nathan Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:03:59 +0000 http://www.hypercubed.com/wordpress/?p=79#comment-9163 Why should I care about my job? Management, my supervisor in particular, don't care about me. I'm just a human resource to be exploited, motivated by the constant threat of losing my paycheck or negative feedback/disciplinary action. The company I work at even penalizes employees for taking time off for medical appointments. Yes, you read correctly, the company penalizes employees for making use of the medical benefits. Why should I care for anything other than my paycheck? Why should I care about my job? Management, my supervisor in particular, don’t care about me. I’m just a human resource to be exploited, motivated by the constant threat of losing my paycheck or negative feedback/disciplinary action. The company I work at even penalizes employees for taking time off for medical appointments. Yes, you read correctly, the company penalizes employees for making use of the medical benefits. Why should I care for anything other than my paycheck?

]]> http://blog.hypercubed.com/archives/2005/09/28/job-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Omni Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hypercubed.com/wordpress/?p=79#comment-37 I wonder if this is as much of an issue in Europe, where 4-6 weeks paid vacation time each year is the norm, compared to America's 1-2... I wonder if this is as much of an issue in Europe, where 4-6 weeks paid vacation time each year is the norm, compared to America’s 1-2…

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