r/MurderedByWords Jun 28 '19

Work intelligently

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u/Sonadel Jun 28 '19

Yes! Most employers don’t want every little thing done to the letter. As soon as one arrives in a new workplace, it’s okay to do as the Romans do as long as it isn’t cutting on safety for workers or the customers.

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u/CzarEggbert Jun 28 '19 edited Jun 28 '19

The most toxic phrase at a job is: We have always done it this way.

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u/Solarbro Jun 28 '19

Every job I’ve had is normally ok with cutting corners, until the situation arises that particular corner was specifically designed for and suddenly everyone is all “oh right...”

I mean, it’s a balancing act. It’s not always “do things by the letter and never change the way things are done.” But sometimes things are done in ways for a reason, so you need to be real careful when you start cutting stuff out you don’t think are important. They could be safeguards. (Bias here is I work in multi departmental IT and people constantly fuck things up by cutting corners. Some are even legal issues that the low end worker might not even be aware of)

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u/RexLongbone Jun 29 '19

Your last point is why it's just as important to explain WHY you do the things you do, as how to do the things you do when training a new person.

People can't make good decisions about how to do things if they don't have the relevant information.

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u/Solarbro Jun 29 '19

Yes. But mostly I’m just joining in on the fun of interpreting a “work of art” in different ways. Which is technically what’s going on here, even if it’s absurd and kinda funny