Jon's Corner of the Whirled » productivity posters http://getchabug.com/Jon/blog Life in Portland Oregon as a Software Developer Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:17:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Unmotivational continued… http://getchabug.com/Jon/blog/2009/05/19/unmotivational-continued/ http://getchabug.com/Jon/blog/2009/05/19/unmotivational-continued/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 16:56:30 +0000 Jon http://www.getchabug.com/Jon/blog/?p=434 "placid, silent self-criticism"

It appears that the unmotivational posters are being done by someone at work. Here is the latest.

]]> http://getchabug.com/Jon/blog/2009/05/19/unmotivational-continued/feed/ 0 unmotivational posters http://getchabug.com/Jon/blog/2009/04/24/unmotivational-posters/ http://getchabug.com/Jon/blog/2009/04/24/unmotivational-posters/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:42:30 +0000 Jon http://www.getchabug.com/Jon/blog/?p=429 Recently at my place of employment, there have been a rash of “productivity” posters placed around the workspace, with the intent to give helpful advice about how to be a better performer. I just find them insulting. Take this example:
Work early, late, and on weekends and you will get more done!

Work early, late, and on weekends and you will get more done!

Another poster, which disappeared prior to me getting a picture of it, mentioned that better collaboration is possible if you wear under-arm deodorant. I’m not kidding.

As we keep scaling back spending at work, I wonder how much they spent on this poster campaign. Hmmm.

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