The crazy thing Bill Gates used to do to monitor workplace productivity

Posted by Libertatea on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @07:27AM
from the washingtonpost.com dept.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2016/02/03/the-crazy-thing-bill-gates-used-to-do-to-monitor-workplace-productivity/

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Re:The crazy thing Bill Gates used to do to monitor workplac... by mtmail on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @09:25AM (#11026550)

click-bait title

It says Bill Gates used to check the parking lot on weekends to see who was working. He worked 80h/week himself.

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Re:The crazy thing Bill Gates used to do to monitor workplac... by markyc on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @10:37AM (#11026985)

this is why newspapers are dying (making up fluff articles with bombastic names)

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Re:The crazy thing Bill Gates used to do to monitor workplac... by stereo on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @09:25AM (#11026553)

I know that’s the WashPo’s title, but it would be really nice if HN could be free of clickbait headlines.

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Re:The crazy thing Bill Gates used to do to monitor workplac... by iokevins on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @09:34AM (#11026599)

TL;DR: Bill Gates shares, "I knew everybody's licence plate so I could look out at the parking lot and see, you know, when people come in." Paul Allen confirms Gates would "prowl" the parking lot on weekends to document who had arrived at work.

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Re:The crazy thing Bill Gates used to do to monitor workplac... by oryades on Thursday February 04, 2016 @09:59AM (#11034276)

And I read till the end to figure out what was that "crazy" thing...

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