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	<title>Bullshit Job &#187; Manager&#8217;s Corner</title>
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		<title>Volunteers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 00:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteers: Assignments with impossible deadlines or pointless pet-projects work best when asking for volunteers. Offer nebulous rewards with as few specifics as possible like &#8220;an appropriate amount of comp-time&#8221;, or &#8220;the thanks of upper management&#8221;, or the ultimate, vague non-reward, &#8220;a chance to work on elite company-critical research projects in the future&#8221;.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Volunteers: Assignments with impossible deadlines or pointless pet-projects work best when asking for volunteers. Offer nebulous rewards with as few specifics as possible like &#8220;an appropriate amount of comp-time&#8221;, or &#8220;the thanks of upper management&#8221;, or the ultimate, vague non-reward, &#8220;a chance to work on elite company-critical research projects in the future&#8221;.</p>
<p>If no one volunteers, assign it to the team-member least qualified to handle the project, or failing that, the least paid. After struggling alone, the novice employee will eventually have to ask for help from your more senior team members. Such a debacle will assure that your most qualified employees will voluteer in the future for such projects, knowing that inevitablly it will be fall on their shoulders anyway.</p>
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		<title>Gifts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank You &#8216;Gifts&#8217;: Reinforce the belief that hard work will pay off. Reward employees for extra effort or time, but consider a &#8216;thank you gift&#8217; rather than actual money, promotions, or salary increases. Suggested are the following: plants, food/gift baskets, cakes, household items, sports tickets, or a dinner. Make sure the &#8216;gift&#8217; is a fraction [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank You &#8216;Gifts&#8217;: Reinforce the belief that hard work will pay off. Reward employees for extra effort or time, but consider a &#8216;thank you gift&#8217; rather than actual money, promotions, or salary increases. Suggested are the following: plants, food/gift baskets, cakes, household items, sports tickets, or a dinner. Make sure the &#8216;gift&#8217; is a fraction of the actual value of the overtime, it will save your budget and create a sense of compensation, without having to pay &#8216;full price&#8217; for the extra production. </p>
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