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Re:Librarian builds self-checkout machine. Costs $1500 inste... by Hubbert on Thursday February 04, 2010 @10:02AM (#1100608)
The spirit of volunteerism and innovation that you admire is impractical when managers define the employee's primary responsibilities in a way that requires unpaid overtime every week.
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Re:Librarian builds self-checkout machine. Costs $1500 inste... by megamark16 on Thursday February 04, 2010 @10:23AM (#1100660)
You're absolutely right, I've even heard of people receiving negative performance reviews because they spent a little unauthorized time at work creating something that improved the productivity of the entire staff by a measurable dollar amount. There will always be companies that shoot themselves in the foot.
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