Comments on: Be Someone Who is Engaged with Work, Not Someone Who Avoids Work

By: karen

karen — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:25:35 +0000

Dear Mr. Barnes,
I enjoyed reading the article you wrote,”Be someone who is engaged with work,not someone who avoids work.” The article made a great deal of sense and your observations were interesting. I believe some people in this world have lost some very important things in their lives whether it be at work or at home, things such as: respect,consideration for others,common courtesy, motivation, going the extra mile, good work ethic, being a team player and helping your team mate out. I have observed employees at my place of employment go from Monday – Friday breezing through the week doing very little if anything at all. I work full time, and am partnered with another in a small tax corporation, and am taking classes part time towards a paralegal two yr.degree and I cannot imagine “not working.” Do I get tired? Yes,so tired sometimes I feel like I am not going to make it–Do I give up? Absolutely not, I am thankful for my job(s) and the opportunity to re-educate my self, and to keep moving foward.

By: CW

CW — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:25:15 +0000

Employees who enjoy a comfort level while engaging in non productive activities reflects the culture of the company they work for. In some companies this is the employee who stays long term. They rarely challenge the status quo and eventually management looks the other way. Having these people as co-workers in today’s work place can be demoralizing.

By: Liza

Liza — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:21:24 +0000

Dear Harrison, I see exactly what you are talkig about happening all the time. Sometimes I wish I lived in a different country!

By: David Ellis

David Ellis — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:54:51 +0000

How so true, must love what you are doing; i was with a group and all got fired, because so much complaining and very little getting accomplished, in a very technical field.

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:40:51 +0000

P.S. The amount of time a person sits in front of a computer has NO direct correlation with their productivity, efficiency, work ethic, or performance. The amount of time someone stays on a computer (or at a conference) is just that – a measure of time!

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:37:53 +0000

Your article fails to address the fact that most of us ARE working -and working for a LOT more hours than any previous generation. The line between work time and not-work time has been severely blurred by evolutions in technology. Did it ever occur to you that these people you encountered might have been working for more hours than you know? It sounds to me like they may have hit the wall of exhaustion that has revelealed itself in recent years – employers, to a large degree, have decided that they will put more and more and more in their employees…the “do more with less” proverb taken to an extreme. At my last job, I worked an average of 15 hours a day. It was expected. So, when you criticize these people for, as you stated, “not doing their jobs”, perhaps you should examine first WHY they are not involved and engaged in their jobs. I bet the answer would surprise you!

By: Mike DiBenedetto

Mike DiBenedetto — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:32:00 +0000

You made some great observations and followed up with an insightful analysis. Excellent article – thanks!

By: JoyeLynn

JoyeLynn — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:21:01 +0000

I LOVED this article.

I’m SO sick of hearing, “It’s not my job.” This ranks up there at #1 alongside it.

I work hard. I don’t surf the net at work unless I’m doing research (where I have to cite sources, order materials/images, upload coursework, etc). I’m SOOOO tired of seeing people waste time making the EFFORT to get OUT of doing the work when they could have just made the EFFORT to DO the work. Same energy! Misdirected.

By the same token, if you have something important work-related to send me… DON’T use my yahoo/hotmail addresses. Use the corporate inbox!?!?

Thank you and have a nice day!