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frobozz 2020-01-05 18:27:00+00:00 | [–] update item (on: Ask HN: I've been slacking off at Google for 6 years. How can I stop this? )

Your current behaviour should mark you for fast track promotion.

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

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cottonseed | karma 2957 | avg karma 5.12 | 2017-05-09 02:17:15+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Ask HN: I need career advice to get out of tech )

Obligatory link to The Gervais Principle: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

tingletech | karma 2326 | avg karma 3.11 | 2021-12-16 12:46:38 | [–] similar comments (on: Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much work we do? )

interesting, thanks for the reference to https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

arethuza | karma 32254 | avg karma 2.88 | 2014-08-12 10:00:20+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Uber's dirty tricks quantified: Rival counts 5,560 canceled rides )

You might find this interesting:

http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-o...

tpm | karma 778 | avg karma 1.1 | 2024-01-29 16:47:28 | [–] similar comments (on: Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures )

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

caconym_ | karma 5197 | avg karma 4.08 | 2020-01-03 02:13:58 | [–] similar comments (on: Google veterans: The company has become ‘unrecognizable’ )

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

oblio | karma 25694 | avg karma 2.47 | 2020-02-26 13:58:21+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Waymo’s Hiring Binge )

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

sabalaba | karma 2985 | avg karma 6.66 | 2020-04-08 01:19:48+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: “A Cold War Every Day” inside Apple's internal tools group )

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

staplers | karma 1318 | avg karma 2.02 | 2024-02-26 01:57:27 | [–] similar comments (on: The virtuous mean between time drunkenness and work martyrdom )

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

BSousa | karma 863 | avg karma 2.15 | 2014-05-31 18:35:25+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Startup vs. Corporate Life )

I advise you to take a read: http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-o...

m12k | karma 8903 | avg karma 7.85 | 2021-08-03 15:35:47 | [–] similar comments (on: Tesla CEO berated employees, investors and tried to get rid of safety measures )

See also https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

fallingknife | karma 5335 | avg karma 2.24 | 2021-06-22 21:37:36+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Intel restructures and creates new business units and leadership roles )

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

suls | karma 130 | avg karma 1.43 | 2020-02-17 12:38:05 | [–] similar comments (on: 1-on-1 meeting questions )

Have you ever come across The Gervais Principle? https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

I first saw it here a couple of months ago. I am sure you will be able to relate to it ;)

stinkypantsman | karma 11 | avg karma 1.38 | 2022-08-31 15:35:19 | [–] similar comments (on: Ask HN: Anyone have a realization to stop working so much at job? )

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

This article changed my life. I realized I was working too hard and giving too much emotionally to work (that didn't give it back), so I coasted until I started my own company.

If you're going to work this hard, you should keep the rewards.

derwiki | karma 6851 | avg karma 3.76 | 2020-10-17 14:05:05+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time )

Re: company loyalty, see Gervais Principle:

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

kwekly | karma 94 | avg karma 3.62 | 2016-06-08 06:44:09+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Ask HN: Am I expecting too much? )

You're probably at a good point to appreciate the following:

http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-o...

TheOtherHobbes | karma 24030 | avg karma 3.21 | 2020-06-15 18:33:13+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Six eBay executives and employees charged over alleged cyberstalking campaign )

A reminder:

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

m0llusk | karma 3295 | avg karma 1.8 | 2024-03-28 08:34:42 | [–] similar comments (on: Every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence )

Which competes with the Gervais Principle: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

fghrthtb | karma 28 | avg karma 2.15 | 2016-04-28 14:53:26+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: What is the best part about being a Software Engineer? )

http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-o...

ansimionescu | karma 422 | avg karma 2.06 | 2014-06-09 19:55:38 | [–] similar comments (on: GoDaddy is Going Public )

You'll probably have a blast reading this (I know I did):

http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-o...

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