• taiyang@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    There is enough social psychology​ research to suggest that most of the time people are more efficient alone than in a group, although some tasks take more than one person. Process gain vs process loss, social loafing, groupthink, etc., if you put four people on a team you might get 200%, not 400% return, or worse.

    Interesting, for complex tasks that require thought, the most efficient grouping tends to involve groups with diverse backgrounds and a work culture that values disagreement… which is basically the opposite of what’s going on in American government right now, lol.

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      12 days ago

      This seems true only on short time scales, and in corporate work structures. On long time scales and with more collaborative, voluntary work structures, a group of people working together and supporting each other will almost certainly outperform a disorganized collection of non-communicative individuals. We can see this is true because, yaknow, society exists.

  • Bappity@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    my ass going through a whole blender course to learn how to change a tiny thing instead of asking the person who made it for help

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    12 days ago

    And then there’s me going the introvert route plus not using a vehicle for moving a boat trailer “it will take longer if I have to find the keys so I’ll just push the atv instead”

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    then there’s me. sitting in the cart with a stick pushing myself along.

    completely unaware that the track abruptly ends in 300 feet and I have zero brakes.

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    11 days ago

    I lead a team of mostly useless lazy assholes that cannot be fired because gov + union so I work. Those who have any decency work too but some are too lazy and lacking in integrity to make any effort. They will just sit and stare when asked to work. They take 20 minute toilet breaks every 2 hours, they refuse jobs they don’t like, they move in slow motion deliberately, they encourage others to do nothing because ‘noone can ask you to work’. It’s a safety issue. It’s my job to get these people to work and I have no fucking clue. They make more than 80k per year for one of the easiest jobs on the planet and they refuse to make any effort at all. Im embarassed for them because they cant do the most basic things. Any advice would be appreciated. Im a lazy person myself but these prople are on another level. I work when im getting paid and we get decent pay.

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    11 days ago

    Is this trying to say that introverts are stupid? Cuz anyone that tries to do a 4 man job with one person is stupid.