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I spot a bad remote employee

by nlitened on 5/14/25, 4:44 PM with 5 comments

  • by incomingpain on 5/14/25, 4:57 PM

    >Finishes all assigned tasks and projects on time

    This is bad?

    >These sound like a description of a perfect employee

    Yes it does.

    >The employee is a psychopath

    Completing their work on time is psychopath behavior? shifts in seat

    >The employee has nothing important to do all day

    Your employer's work isn't important? Most of the time or like all the time?

    >The employee cannot say no, doesn't have personal opinion and/or boundaries

    Employees are paid to say no. This is a bad employee! Fire them right away!

  • by pavel_lishin on 5/14/25, 5:09 PM

    This post is written by a lunatic.
  • by al2o3cr on 5/14/25, 5:10 PM

    I spot a bad remote manager:

    * they are so disconnected that nobody will tell them that an employee is being an abusive psychopath

    * they fail to communicate the value of what their team does, leading to them getting assigned all the shit work

    * they have so much free time that they can think of lists like this