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215 - Jerks at Work - Tessa West

You Are Not So Smart

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Is There a Nine to Five Idea?

Work can make us sometimes feel like hen we're on the internet, but really reasoning by ourselves. Being a solitary reasoner is different from being a collaborative reasoner. People often cravepuaears of importance, officeness, near of importance. We are very much married to this nine to five idea, even if no one's actually doing anything. A lot of bosses like to see people around, even if they're not actually working,. It gives this veneer of importance, like, you know, the butter's being churned or whatever. And it's just more like an office ness, not productivity.

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