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Beware the corporate psycho

Have you ever secretly thought that a colleague – or even your boss – behaves like a psychopath? Well you may well be right.

A study published in New Scientist magazine has found that there are far more sub-criminal psychopaths - self-serving, narcissistic schemers who display a stunning lack of empathy, but are not criminally inclined - at large in the population than had previously been thought. And many of them end up in managerial positions.

Around one per cent of the population – or 600,000 people in Britain alone – can be categories as psychopathic, according to Professor Robert Hare of the University of British Columbia in Canada.

And because ‘corporate psychopaths’ display similar ruthless traits to sadistic killers, they often gravitate towards roles in business the media, law and politics where their scheming and bullying is just part of everyday working life.

They tend to be manipulative, arrogant, callous, impatient, impulsive, unreliable, superficially charming and prone to fly into rages. They break promises, take credit for the work of others and blame everyone else when things go wrong.

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Discussions with corporate authority figures almost always utilize the questions of

1) Where do “we ” want to go ?

2) How will we get there  ?

3) How we will measure how far we have gone or when we get there ?

there are endless varieties on these themes

Along the way the maxims can be spiced or jazzed up with:

-  What went right ?

-  What went wrong ?
-  who to blame ?

- who not to blame ?

- who was there ?

- who was not there ?

- what was discussed ?
- what was not covered ?

-  what was not discussed that you wished had been covered ?

- how did you or we handle ourselves ?

the stupidity never ends

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If you do your research about much dollars , cash or money that you can expect to be paid by your new or next employer then you are on the graveytrain.  This can perhaps be determined through the interview process.

It is an intereresting concept. Practice interviews.  Its not unlike practicing having teeth pulled or limbs ripped off or practicing hunger or deprivation .  Practice interviews and interviewing can be similar to “dress rehearsals”  or football practice.  You might try or wish to fine tune your answers to questions or work on your abilities to maintain a condition of aliveness.  You may need to try one one i f  you have not figured out what your next “bottom  line”  salary minimum is or should be.

Practice interviews can range from going to people to people in your field for advice to actually pursuing job interviews.  Either way will show you how to put your efforts and road map into practice before tackling the “real thing”.

But get all your practicing down long before you show up for your important job interviews.  Those are the ones that you want to crack wide open.

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One of the most common ways and means that managers and executives play it safe and within the “rules” is to rigidly adhere to “budgets”  and the “numbers”  as if  these were carved in stone and came from the heavens.  Its all about non risk taking - why bring attention to yourself or your superior/ boss.  Never take chances but blame your workers for anything yet take credit for anything positive that occurs.  Its all about keeping those corporate “perks”  or “entitlements”  not about the profit or health that the firm might profit from.  “I am entitled”  “Those are just salesman / workers / peons”.  Talk about anal retentive behavior.

The words “its not in the budget”  or ‘x, y , zee committee will have to examine it”  have rebounded from the dawn of time and have probably squelched more innovation than can ever be found in the universe.  Yet these same idiots will sure take credit for results when some poor employee in an effort to please his superior or even keep their paycheck goes out on the limb to adopt the procedures / against stated policies and procedures.   Guess what happens if “things don’t work out”.

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The conservative mentality at many present corporations and management often goes without any question or inquiry - it just is a fact of life taken at face value - not unlike how wife beating or chasing cars that cut off a driver are seen as perfectly normal and acceptable behavior in many abnormal pathological families of origin.

As an example the conservative mentality at Proctor and Gamble lives on.  New ideas are tested in focus groups for promotion , ad copy or package first in a focus group , then in a city , region and eventually the country.

This procedure was down without question as if there  were no differences what so ever in populations ,regions languages or even ages.  Different people and different types of people in different surroundings may  well think , act and purchase products differently based on different preferences and parameters and yet after the purchase or decision may have different types of post cognitive dissonance.

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It can often be the situation - that bringing in an outside expert can hurt more than help.  Hinder more than any way help.  It has been oft quoted than an expert is any one 50 - 75 miles away from home. In these days of rapid transport - that is a small commute.  Luckily the high cost of gasoline may deal with this plague.

At least the scourge and abuse of high gas prices has one benefit - perhaps less intimidation and abuse of visiting privledges by management and “outside consultants”.   Perhaps now before they get in the car they will think of the cost of gas before they drive.  That is unless they have the perks of a company car and gas card.  Then it may be of their benefit to use the card to show their power ( entitlement)  and just as importantly dilute their own personal mileage.

A perk of management can well be said to be anything in the realm of management payment and rewards that cannot be justified.

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If nothing else is sacred - your self worth as well as personal integrity should be.

Do not let management make “mince meat”  out of you in order to preserve their “sacred cows”

Your remain the same person that you were with or without their approval.  Their approval or pat on your head (or threats ) mean little.  You were the same person regardless - the same person who woke up in the morning ,who got in the car or bus.   Your intrinsic value remains the same regardless.  Resist the magic swoop of logic that somehow the minute you don’t fall to their wishes , or miss a production , sales or other corporate ( top floor ) target you are somewhow of less value as a human being .  Magic ( and most faulty logic).  Have them look in the mirror.  How on earth does missing one arbritrary target of their make you any less of a human being.

In many ways it comes down to control issues on their part - pathological on their part.  If anyone has problems it is them . Look in the mirror.  Look at your own order book sonny.

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By Now , you may well have a clearer sense of your what you are encountering in your workplace in terms of your  firms / manager’s sacred cows.  How downright foolish.

And yet you are forced to endure endless management meetings and retreats - blah blah competition , work smarter ,  harder , blah blah blah -  the team is all rowing in the same direction rah rah , management direction…..

Look in the mirror you fools.

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Put those sacred cows out to pasture - or even shoot them.

Then again it may reduce your air travel points - which are one of managements most sacred and trusted reliable cows and source of god given , not to be ever questioned perks.

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The following questions may well help you to identify sacred cows or “the sacred cows”  in your organization or workplace setting.

Wikipedia defines sacred cow as “The term sacred cow has passed into the English language to mean an object or practice which is considered immune from criticism, especially unreasonably so.^[1][2] The phrase is based on a popular understanding of the status of cows as ’sacred’ in some Asian religions.”

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Further elaboration yields : ”

Sacred cow

From the Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can change

In the relgion of Hinduism, the animal called a “cow” is thought to be sacred, or very holy. Most Hindus respect the cow for her gentle nature which represents the main teaching of Hinduism, non-injury (ahimsa). The cow also represents ghee and strength . Hindus do not worship the cow, but the cow is very honored in society, and most Hindus do not eat beef (the meat that come from cows). By honoring this gentle animal (living thing that isn’t a plant) that gives more than it takes, Hindus honor all creatures.

[change] Elaboration

In Hinduism, the cow is a symbol wealth, strength, abundance, selfless giving and a full Earthly life.

It is not known whether the cow was sacred and forbidden in the Hindu diet from ancient Vedic times. However, reverence for cows can be found in all the religion’s major texts.

The cow gives milk and cream, yogurt and cheese, butter and ice cream, ghee and buttermilk. The milk of a cow is believed to refine a person. The ghee (clarified butter) from the milk is used in ceremonies and in preparing religious food. Cow dung is used as fertilizer, as a fuel and as a disinfectant in homes. Modern science states that the smoke from cow dung is a powerful disinfectant and is good against pollution. The cow’s urine is also used for religious ceremonies as well as for medical reasons.”

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It is best to start off by identifying the “cows”,  but at the moment don’t rush headlong into trying to herd the cows , chase them away or even deprive them of food , nutrition ( cash salary).   For example the ritual of going through “junk mail “  or “spam”  was one person’s self acknowledged sacred cow

A procedural list for sacred cows

1) List any systems , procedures. policies or habits that are outdated and that can be changed

note -  the worst organizations often have the best procedures and procedure manuals.  They have little else to do.  The prosperous , upgoing companies are often on the fly “doing work”.  They have no time to revamp systems.  There is productive work to do.  Yet their systems are often hodge podge and ramshackle -leaving new employees confused.  Some “management type:  often has to take them down the right of inconsistencies and simply tell them ” It makes no sense but this is how its done”.

2) What are the aspects of the jobs that you like the least , that are seen as “a drag”  or “drags” and wear you and other employees or seem like ‘busywork”

3)Which of any of the sacred cows are policies and procedures inherited from predecessors or idiot former managers ( some of which may be ceo’s at present)

4) Sacred cows which come courtesy of another department but can never be challenged due to “turf”  and “control “  issues.  You would think that you are working for different firms or at the least are on another planet.  What a bunch of stupidiyt.

5) If you can visualize yourself going through a typical  day , week, month or even year is there a list of routines at the office.  Mail comes in such a time , person c takes it from desk to desk.  It can never be done any other way or panic sets in .  Sounds familiar.  Why not break these routines - at least for fun

If you think if a comedy group - second city , Saturday night live -  were to attend most businesses and organizations they would have more fodder for material than they could handle in a lifetime - all with these sacred cows

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Interpreting Job Performance Evaluation Terms

• • Good communication skills = spends a lot of time on the phone
  • Average employee = not too bright
  • Exceptionally well qualified = made no major blunders yet
  • Work is first priority = too ugly to get a date
  • Active socially = drinks a lot
  • Family is active socially = spouse drinks, too
  • Independent worker = nobody knows what he/she does
  • Quick thinking = offers plausible excuses
  • Careful thinker = won’t make a decision
  • Aggressive = obnoxious
  • Uses logic on difficult jobs = gets someone else to do it
  • Expresses themselves well = speaks english
  • Meticulous attention to detail = a nit picker
  • Has leadership qualities = is tall or has a loud voice
  • Exceptionally good judgement = lucky
  • Keen sense of humour = knows a lot of dirty jokes
  • Career minded = back stabber
  • Loyal = can’t get a job anywhere else
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“It’s Company Policy”

Many in management and upper management use the refrains “It’s Company Policy”  or “This is classified as a company perk”

Such logic and answers were dealt with and handled at the Nuremberg Trials after the Second World War. Reasons and answers such as “I was just following orders ” and “I was just a small man”  were no excuse.   Imagine this if you can - people are promoted to management for their skills and experience in making well thought good judgments possessing sound judgment skills and then proceed to hide behind such flimsy logic and reasons.  Do they think that they are dealing with idiots in terms of workers and shareholders.  Then again perhaps they are.

In many companies , sacred cows are perpetuated by the classic catch -22/  that if it is still around , then it must work , because it is still around”.  This is the logic of a former owner / manager of a disreputable temporary employment agency who when asked by a neighboring firm that his staff was pilfering and involved in theft of goods and cash from the second business , who now had to be on vigilant watch.  The moronic low life “manager”  apparently replied ” That is not so”  “We are one big family” “That could never happen”.  All the while the staff were involved with the sale of contraband on the side  while upper management was involved in some not well thought out interactions with staff members on a daily basis.  The comment may well have been correct and accurate.  In many , if not most cases , people use their family of origins as their basis of standards in their lives.  If you grow up with miles as your standard measurement of distance and speed then any metric measurement will automatically be compared to your yardstick of miles for measurement for assessment.  In the case of dysfunctional families , the family situation is taken as a yardstick and standard.  The staff members may well have been acting “like a family”  , even a cohesive family.  Only one problem that standard was of a dysfunctional families of liars , cheats and thieves were theft was a perfectly normal and standard fact of any “ordinary family”  .  The amazing parts are firstly why do not , apparently intelligent ( or in this case not intelligent) members of society cling to these poor values in spite of evidence that these are not good terms .  There are two answers

1) because even if it is a poor standard , you know that in the pinch they will “work “  to some degree and can be counted on

2)  the answer found in many corporations “  It is policy”  or “It is always been done this way”.

What a bunch of stupid morons.

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The next general form of options available to you “on the job” involves compromise and the art of compromising. In some cultures - most well known the Japanese - conflict is to avoided at all times , conflict is a major taboo and sin - hence most decisions and actions are based on a compromise . On the other extreme occurs when dealing with those where there is at all times a pathological fear of failure , an abject ability to admit one is ever wrong, and coupled with the two previous traits the need to both control others and view any other co-workers who are either competent , have good ideas or suggestions as a direct threat to that person’s job and status within that industry or employment. Guess in what category most managers fall ? If your manager does not , count yourself most fortunate and lucky in life.

In cases of compromise do what you can to be a good influence. This may occur even though you may find that you to continually put up with some things , places or events that you may feel are your about your job. It can be best said- welcome to life.

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There always , at least in theory should be options to your choices in the workplace - should you or shouldn’t you , why and why not ?

First you can “sell out”- that is to do what the job requires and not allow questions of ethics , business or common sense to enter in

For example you are a cashier at a local big box superstore. You are employed (currently or at that moment) as a cashier in the express line up. A customer comes , dallies , and in the end insists that an item from the office equipment and stationary is 50 % off. You know that there are markdowns but unsure of this particular item. The customer insists. You are left with two common sense options - first put the item through promptly. After all there are a number of customers waiting in the express lineup who are getting anxious and fidgety. Option two is to offer the customer to take the item out of her shopping basket for now , or void the order while awaiting notification

Option 3 is to follow the rules . Make the customers in the line wait while another employee checks the price . Next blame ” management” for not providing clear price lists. In the end this is a case of not accepting any responsibility for your actions or your actions leading to poor customer service.

Such an approach seems to be the choice that leads most straight into a career in “management”.

Those that cannot do teach . Those that cannot teach criticize. Those that cannot teach and excel in criticism and as well accept no responsibility for their actions , while blaming others , often have a successful career in “management”

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The first thing an auto insurance company looks at when offering you a quote is your driving history. Have a spotless one, and you’ll definitely get a better rate than a guy who has a glovebox full of tickets.

The insurance companies also considers the sort of car you drive, including its sticker price, the cost to repair the vehicle, replacement value, safety features, and how well it will withstand an accident. The lower the cost of claims for a vehicle, the lower the rates, and therefore the easier it is to get insured.

Here is a list of the top ten least expensive vehicles to insure, that have a sticker price of less than $50k, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI):
1. Oldsmobile Silhouette
2. Pontiac Montana
3. Saturn L Series Wagon
4. Chrysler PT Cruiser
5. Saturn L Series Sedan
6. Chevrolet Venture
7. Chevrolet Astro
8. Saturn Vue
9. Jeep Wrangler
10. Oldsmobile Bravada

In the early nineteen eightees IBM , the major market business leader, was caught not practicing the kind of thinking and follow through that had gained them success in the first place. Talk about not keeping your eye on the puck and the concept that you have to put the puck in the net.

Big Blue was resting on its laurels , with management taking credit for its fine success and decisions yet again. Customers and their needs were not part of the “sales and marketing mix”. In the end however the piper plays the tune.

What is amazing is how few companies and their management staff realize that they are still following these brain dead models , even when the innovator of these management practices had long ago retreated from them. Indeed many companies , and their management staff , are still following the management style , practices and concepts of the long dead Roman Empire. Caesar gives. Well Caesar is 2000 years long gone and your management concepts are long dead as well.

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Remember when no fun loving cook would be caught dead without the shredding , chopping, slicing , grating gizmo that revolutionized home cooking - the Cuisinart ? It’s creator Carl Sontheimer , showed that he more than understood the American appetite for powerful , time saving kitchen gadgets. This machine - the Cuisinart filled the companies sales and profits as well as heftily expanded the breadth and depth of its management cadres.

The problems appeared that Mr. Sontheimer , the company mentor and powerhouse had forgotten the formula - or his specific management and marketing formula success for their specific firm - that was innovation and anticipating the needs of the market.

Management types are good at taking credit for what falls in their laps- what god gives them , but loathe to accept any criticisms - even if real and true. Rah , rah , rah - we are all rowing in the same boat - with directives from head office - or the upper floors - when they are clueless and being pablum fed safe data by yes men - who will hopefully , in their minds and fantasies , be in the same perk ridden positions.

And you wonder why General Motors went to hell in a handbasket.

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It’s commonly admitted that France is among the countries where employees are the most lucky concerning paid leaves. Many people around the world know this fact and just take it for granted, assuming that countries have different regulations according to their culture and government and that’s the way it is.. some have to be the lucky bastards while others slave all their life in a less amenable country.

For your information, If you don’t know, French People benefit from 5 weeks of paid vacations and furthermore they benefit too from time off in lieu for people working more than the 35 hours normal week working time. In some companies, it can double your paid holidays time.

So people from others countries wonder.

But nobody can figure out the real ground reasons of this situation.

As a French myself, knowing perfectly after more than 40 years working as an employee the subtleties of the attitude of my fellow countrymen dealing with work, I am in position to tell you the truth.

1. We have more holidays because we do appreciate them

On the contrary to many others people, French people know what to do with their holidays. Whereas Japanese or Us citizens mostly get bored after two weeks, we could find ourselves plenty of decadent occupations to use spare time. Occupations such as eating (we can hold 5 hours long lunch, can you believe that ?), drinking, reading books, having a nap, visiting our wonderful country, playing cards or “pétanque”, holding long and fruitful conversations (especially with women) or just watching the day passing by.

We do have a certain sense for appreciating life in itself, with no need to be over-busy.

So we really want and need holidays, and that’s why we get so much of it.

2. We have more holidays because we never let our government go backwards concerning working time agreements

Unions in France are quite weak in comparison to others countries, and most French employees are not unionized.

Though, we are quick to get down in the streets and strike hard when it deals with holidays. We are stubborn about it.

During prosperous economic period governments are kind enough to redistribute productivity to workforce in terms of paid leaves and social advancement. But during harsh times, they just can’t go backwards.

Governments have tried so many times using so many ruses and law projects to try to increase working time in France. But they did not succeed. Partly because we are so hard in negotiation and partly because governments don’t want to. They know that increasing working time of those who works may lead to more unemployment, in a country where official unemployment rate is flirting with 10%. They don’t want to take the chance.

3. We have more holidays because we are more productive at work

It’s a well-known rule that the more time you have to do something, the less productive you get. You just take all the time available to do it, no matter the task and no matter if you have one hour or one year to do it. That’s a law of human nature.

In France especially, when someone has something to do, he uses all the time he was given to do it. Because he just doesn’t want to get more work for that period.

Bosses, managers and business owners had very well understood that rule. So they give their employees very little time to do stuffs that are to be done. And we will do it within the time given… just because we don’t want to do overtime nor miss some holidays. That’s why, France is one of the most productive country of the world.

And that’s why we deserve more holidays.

4. We have more holidays because we have the most beautiful women in the world

And this doesn’t need any comment. Just this point : in countries where women are ugly, you are more prone to work. That’s human nature once again.

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Since “selling out” disobeys God , we need not even discuss it. Correct.

Wrong. We cannot dismiss selling out so easily. Christians sometimes sell , just as others do.

Of course , most of us actually never say ” I will sell out my principles for the sake of my job .” Instead we rationalize and gloss over what is really happening. We think of ourselves of being most decent people whose good intentions make up for whatever wrongdoing and wrongdoings that our jobs entails or demands. Its all about keeping that job in spite of those stupid , deceptive and downright evil managers and bosses. For deep down we believe that integrity is wonderful - however it can be awful and awfully inconvenient for our job , our income and our job security.

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Most of us, even the really lazy ones, have admitted to ourselves that working a steady job is the only way to make ends meet. In a poor economy, some of us may even have to pick up an extra job or two to pay the bills. If you’re looking for a way to earn some extra cash — or are considering a total career change — consider your lazy bones personality and try to pick something less stressful. Working a long, hard day is the American way, but don’t you want to stand out? This list of the 100 best jobs for lazy people includes a lot of industries and jobs in which there are many hard working individuals, but flexible hours, lax dress codes, and extra vacation time make them perfect for smart but lazy people. If you get tired before you finish the whole list, just bookmark it and come back after your nap. Try to find your niche and remember that it’s all in good fun.

Education

Teaching kids, adults or animals is a huge responsibility, but jobs in education also come with a lot of perks. Read this list to find out which ones.

1. Tutor: Tutors often have very flexible schedules and get to work with a range of clients. Plus, you get to set your own rates and the rules for each session.

2. Substitute teacher: Substitutes already have a lesson plan to follow when they walk in the door, and unless they’re long-term subs, they usually don’t have to worry about schoolwork after hours. Plus, they don’t work regular teacher hours, and they have the summers off!

3. Teacher: While we recognize that teachers may have one of the hardest jobs in the world, they are rewarded with summer vacations and extended holiday vacations.

4. Dolphin trainer: You may have to spend a lot of time in the water, but dolphin trainers don’t have to sit in an office all day. Plus, training animals usually means lots of repetition, a lazy brain’s best friend.

5. Dance instructor for weddings: Limit your class sizes to one couple at a time to minimize stress. You’ll probably only be focusing on one or two dances, and playing third wheel means that you get to zone out the lovebirds.

6. Work study: College students can take advantage of work study jobs that let them do their homework at work, skip hours if they need to study and avoid long commutes away from campus.

7. Library worker: Running a library takes a lot of organization and dedication, but if you’re an assistant sitting at a desk waiting to check people out, you may find that you also get to be plenty lazy.

8. Admissions counselor: Admissions counselors at colleges (especially ones that aren’t super exclusive) may have relaxed hours during the summertime and school holidays. They may even get discounts or a free ride on their children’s tuition if they are eligible.

9. School secretary: Besides dealing with frustrated parents and teachers, school secretaries don’t always have to stay late or take work home with them, like teachers or administrators do. Plus, they get a lot of vacation and relaxed hours during the summer months and holidays.

10. College professor: If you’ve got a Ph.D. and are teaching an entry-level class in your field, it probably doesn’t take a whole lot of time to whip up a lesson plan or lecture outline for your class. College professors who’ve been with the same university for a long time may also get to have a say in their class hours and take a sabbatical for research trips.

11. Security at an elementary school: Security personnel at elementary schools may have to watch out for trespassers and perverts, but we bet it’s not too challenging to pull fighting fourth graders off of each other.

12. Security at a super prep school: Many of the students at prestigious prep schools are relatively well-behaved, at least on the surface. Depending on the smoking and drug problems behind closed doors, you may luck out and find that walking the halls is easy enough.

13. Museum tour guide: Museum tour guides are often volunteers, but you get to follow the same route each day, and if a certain tour group is annoying or obnoxious, you get to trade them for a new one in less than an hour.

14. Crossing guard: Crossing guards at schools may have to take on extra jobs, but if it’s your only gig, you really only have to be out and about in the early morning and early afternoon.

15. Alumni event coordinator: Sign up to plan alumni events at your alma mater, and you’ll probably only be needed a few times a year to send out e-mails, book a venue, and hire a real party planner to do the rest.

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Working in retail can sometimes be a big headache, but these jobs are easier on your tired feet and relaxed wardrobe.

16. Florist assistant: Florist assistants may be expected to haul around large bags of mulch or run delivery errands around town, but the stress factor is relatively low.

17. Bookstore employee: Working at a small bookstore probably means that you won’t see a lot of traffic in your store day in and day out, especially if you only work during the week. It’s also a quiet atmosphere that’s perfect for sitting down and drinking coffee. Leave the financial headaches to the store owner.

18. Pet shop assistant: Helping people pick out pets, cleaning up cages and holding adorable puppies and kittens isn’t stressful when you compare it to brain surgery.

19. Stockroom person: Stockroom employees at clothing stores and other retail outlets don’t always have to be in the front of the store, dealing with nasty customers. A relaxed dress code and being able to listen to your iPod can also make up for the heavy lifting.

20. Gift shop employee: Small gift shops, even if they’re successful, don’t get a lot of hustle and bustle all year round, ever day of the week. You’ll probably find yourself with extra time to read a book or stare off into space in between helping out customers at the register.

21. Medical marijuana store employee: Working in a marijuana store in California probably means you’ll get a lot of easy going customers who don’t expect you to jump to attention every time someone walks in the door.

22. Movie rental assistant: Movie rental stores require their employees to wear a store shirt, but they’re usually pretty lax about letting their staff have extra piercing or tattoos. And what’s so bad about talking about your favorite movies all shift?

Business and Services

These jobs prove that it’s possible to participate in the business world and service industry without having to exert you too much.

23. Online comic book writer: If you’re a natural artist who loves creating comics for the Internet, you won’t mind sitting at your desk and playing around with your computer. It’s also a gig that can easily be done from home.

24. Freelancer: Though it takes constant discipline to meet deadlines and find gigs, freelancers get to set their own hours and rates, and don’t always have to worry about a dress code.

25. Contractor: Contractors may have similar schedules as freelancers, depending on their industry; however, contract jobs offer more stability for a set period of time, before letting contractors free to find their own projects.

26. Apartment employee: Working in the office at an apartment is especially great if you live at the complex. You’ll probably get a discounted rate on your rent, and you can walk just a few steps to work in the morning.

27. Blogger: Pick up an extra job as a blogger, and you’ll get to manage your own content, designs, and hours.

28. Consultant: Establishing yourself as reliable resources is the hard part, but once you’ve done that, your clients will come to you.

29. Data entry: Data entry may be a boring job, but you can find a gig with minimal responsibility that lets you sit quietly behind a computer all day.

30. Manicurist: Most clients expect their manicurists to be chatty with them and the other staff, so if you love gossip and girl talk, start filing away.

31. Jewelry polisher: Get hired to polish jewelry at a jewelry store. You might get lucky and get to perch on a stool in the back where it’s quiet and more nap-friendly.

32. Intern: Sometimes you may have to work really hard and does the grunt work, but you can get away with part time gigs and don’t have a lot of responsibility.

33. Masseuse on a cruise: Passengers on a cruise are relaxation and vacation-oriented, so you will probably be pretty busy; however, you get to kick back, enjoy the scenery and may even get discounts on food and drinks after hours.

34. Chicken (or other creature) waving and handing out flyers: It seems embarrassing, but it’s not like anyone can recognize you buried inside the chicken suit. You’ll be on your feet all day, but at least you don’t have to deal with the pesky customers inside.

35. Celebrity blogger: Work from home, sleep in and sneak into celebrity parties to take pictures for your readers.

36. Secret Shopper: Become a secret shopper or mystery shopper, and you get to wander around the mall, write up basic reports and get reimbursed (or paid ahead of time) for your purchases.

37. Proofreader: Experienced proofreaders know exactly what they’re looking for, so they can quickly scan designs and content for mistakes. You may even be able to find proofreading work from home.

Entertainment

The entertainment industry is full of part-time jobs, gigs that let you work at night, and lots of fun projects that may not even seem like work.

38. DJ: DJs with a good reputation don’t have to look as hard for gigs, and they often get to eat and/or drink for free while they hang out in their own booth.

39. Part of a circus act: You may have to work on your juggling or pirouette skills, but running away and joining the circus has become synonymous with escaping responsibility.

40. Radio host: Depending on your hours, you may get to sleep in, and you can wear pretty much whatever you want while you small talk with your colleagues and travel out of the deal.

41. Professional hostess: Yes, you can actually be a hostess for hire! If you love having parties, sending out invitations and coming up with new cocktail ideas, consider this as a job.

42. Clown: If you’re feeling sad, be a sad clown. If you’re bored, be a bored clown. As long as you’ve got the makeup and costume, anything goes.

43. Play a corpse: TV shows like CSI, Law and Order, Cold Case, and others need actors to play corpses. All you do is lie there and be still!

Community

Lazy people aren’t always devoid of community spirit. Check out these positions for volunteer jobs, sponsorships and more.

45. Baby sitter: Getting a good baby sitting job is all in the strategy. You can baby sit infants during nighttime hours so that you can watch TV, take your charges to the movies during the summertime, and encourage them to make up a game, play, or show and tell session, letting you sit on the couch while you “ooh” and “ahh.”

46. Volunteer: Who says lazy people don’t volunteer? Volunteering positions don’t earn you money, but there’s minimal responsibility and you only have to show up when you feel like it.

47. Club sponsor: Being a club sponsor at a school or university means that you get to feel good about your community spirit while you set up meetings, set up club rules, chaperone field trips, and give the kids the chance to shine.

48. Candy striper: Candy stripers are seldom paid, but that means no one can get really mad at you if you slack off. Even if you work to make a good impression, all it takes is a warm smile and a batch of homemade cookies.

49. Contract or volunteer fundraiser: Though fundraising managers are often seen running around and frantically setting up parties or meetings, once the event is over, you’re through!

50. Youth pastor: Youth pastors, depending on their position, have flexible hours and get to plan parties, networking events, volunteer efforts, and trips.

Food and Drink

From bartenders to bus boys to beer testers, these tasty jobs let you hang out in busy, party-oriented places and try new products for free.

51. Waiter: Waiting tables can be a nightmare job or a pretty good gig, depending on how you look at it. If all your friends are heading to corporate jobs at 7a.m., and you can roll out of bed at noon for your shift, take smoke breaks, and flirt with customers, being a waiter isn’t such a bad idea.

52. Personal chef: If you’re lucky enough to score a job as a personal chef, you can work a schedule out with your employer, negotiate your own salary, get to play in someone else’s kitchen and experiment with tasty new treats, without having to pay for them.

53. Ice cream taster: If you love ice cream, this could be your dream job. You get paid to make real decisions about how ice cream products taste.

54. Barista: Working at a coffee shop often means that you can have tattoos, different colored hair, wear comfortable shoes, and talk about cool music or literature. As long as you don’t get the super early shift, this could be a great job for you.

55. Bartender: Good bartenders are busy, but they make great tips and get to experience fun nightlife. Bartenders may also be encouraged to wear fun, more casual clothing and can have a relaxed attitude towards customers.

56. Bus boy: Bus boys often get free or discounted meals if they eat at the beginning or end of their shift, and they don’t have to deal with finicky customers.

57. Chocolate taster: This job is a little more complicated than it sounds, but if you’re a chocoholic, then sampling chocolaty sweets for your grocery store will be a fun reason to get up each morning.

58. Beer tester: Beer people are pretty laid back, and beer testers get to sample new flavors and products all the time.

59. Wine taster: Get your palate ready and your buzz on and start searching for paid wine tasting jobs.

Seasonal

When you’re in desperate need of cash over a vacation but don’t want to ruin your holidays with work, consider these seasonal jobs for lazy bones.

60. Animal breeder: Animal breeders need to research family trees and meet new contacts all year long, but the real breeding and birthing season is shorter.

61. Summer tennis instructor: Get a job with a camp, resort or country club to work part-time as a tennis instructor. If you’re already a good player, you can just show up and enjoy getting paid for doing what you love.

62. Camp counselor: Camp counselors are all about fun. You may have to discipline a kid every once in a while, but you also get to play outside, eat for free, and maybe even get weekends off.

63. Lifeguard: While lifeguards have to be constantly watchful when they’re on duty, they also get to work on their tan, check out hotties in the pool or the beach, and just relax.

Sports

Sports fans don’t have to work up a sweat to get a job in the athletic industry. From ticket sellers to bat boys, these jobs have lots of perks.

64. Ticket taker: Stand (or sit) at the stadium gates to take everyone’s ticket. You may have to smile occasionally or hand out a program, but you might get a free seat to the game.

65. Ticket seller: Ticket sellers have a bit more responsibility than ticket takers, since they have to deal with money. But you get to sit in a booth and don’t have to deal with individual customers for more than a minute or two.

66. T-shirt thrower at a game: Ride around on or push around a t-shirt projection machine to give the crowd a thrill at half time or the 7th inning stretch. Yep, that’s about it.

67. Water boy: You can get down on the field by being a team’s water boy. All you have to do is make sure there’s enough water or Gatorade, and you get to sit down with the team the rest of the time.

68. Bat boy: Bat boys are similar to water boys, but the position is traditionally filled by actual boys, not grown ups. You may be able to bully your way in, however, to score yourself this lazy man’s job.

69. Kid’s sports coach: Set up practice times and have the kids run laps while you flirt with everyone’s mom.

Health and Medical

You traditionally have to be a very ambitious person to get a medical-related job, but this list proves otherwise.

70. Sell your platelets: Selling your platelets isn’t an actual job, but it can earn you some extra cash if you’re in a bind.

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rainbow.jpgThere’s not one of us who, at least sometimes, doesn’t find ourselves slodging through our daily cubicle continuums, leading lives of quiet desperation, oppressed by the seeming sameness of everything and everybody. Where the world just appears to us in monochromatic grey. Where everything tastes, feels and even smells metallic and stale. And, beyond all of the personal feelings of mega-blah, you also know that your work will at best be on automatic pilot.

Yet for some, at least those of us who are blessed with an active fantasy life, there’s always an escape- a slip through the portals of the mind, and there you are…the time and place totally up to you. And so, like with swearing as a tensional outlet, the daydreams that give you a refreshing break are (but not quite) almost as good as R&R. They’re stimulating, refreshing and will help salvage your mind. It might even help your creative juices to begin flowing once again.

Aloha, dear readers, upon my return from Hawaii. Though I’m back in my old cubicle continuum world, I’ll always have that beautiful, sun-kissed isle to fall back on. When the boredom sets in, or the going gets rough, I know where I’m going, at least in my head…

While it’s true that living and working somewhere else is very different than being on vacation, there’s still, I think, a helluva lot to be said for environment. It makes one wonder, just how happy/unhappy one can be living in a tropical paradise. Sunshine and warmth moderated by gentle trade winds, the stunningly blue Pacific, majestic mountains, lush flowers and a generally friendly population that seems to really live by their motto of ‘hang loose’. I don’t mean just towards tourists, but more importantly, to each other. There’s a gentility and a casual sense of courtesy in the air, a feeling that I just haven’t seen through much of the world.

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Today’s skills, knowledge and products live fast , get old before their time and times yet die hard even though young. Again and again your stupid boss will ask , demand , that you learn and adopt, do more, produce more with less resources , give 110 % while comparing your stats and numbers to another slave who is also being threatened with loss of job 24/7. What makes these stupid managers run and as well think that they are “god’s gift to the world”?

It’s as if you take an expensive course assigned by the company and management. Management has taken this expensive leading edge course. You know so because the buzz words had appeared in conversation (dictates) from your boss within the last several months. The words are placed in conversations as if “I know, and you do not” and thus I am superior to you. The course is on “targeting”. More sales or production or whatever can be gained by “targeting” your efforts whatever they are rather than broadcasting your efforts and running around wily nilly. On top of that you know that if you and your “team” do not perform well in the results of the course, the numbers, will certainly be recorded in your file “for future reference” to “help and assist you”

The team does remarkably well. The next visit and meeting your boss you ask for insight and reflection on application of the principles of the course towards your work. Your boss looks at you raises his arm and yells out “You have to get out there and blitz, blitz , blitz”. Stupid idiot and idiots.

You may well wonder that if North America is the best example in the industrialized world of business efficiency and effectiveness what are the worse examples like. Sounds like management by a family of alcoholics.

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” A fundamental change in thinking is needed that is as radical as the scope , scale and pace of today’s change and changes. Conventional wisdom that may well have worked in the past, as many traditional assumptions and paradigms, beliefs and habits will be challenged again and again. A paradigm shift is needed and essential”

Translation : Your boss is clueless

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