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Re:Things are going so well we’re doing a hiring freeze by netrus on Thursday February 01, 2018 @10:49AM (#16282677)
I think it is based on Böll's "Anekdote zur Senkung der Arbeitsmoral" [1] - not only a great short story, but a great title as well ("Anecdote concerning the Lowering of Productivity" - but also "[An] anecdote [meant to] lower productivity").

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anekdote_zur_Senkung_der_Arbei...

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Re:Things are going so well we’re doing a hiring freeze by Tepix on Thursday February 01, 2018 @11:32AM (#16283147)
"Senkung der Arbeitsmoral" does not translate into "lower productivity".

Arbeitsmoral means working morale. Senkung means reduction.

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Re:Things are going so well we’re doing a hiring freeze by solidsnack9000 on Thursday February 01, 2018 @12:02PM (#16283461)
Perhaps “Arbeitsmoral” could be translated as “work ethic”.
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Re:Things are going so well we’re doing a hiring freeze by solidsnack9000 on Thursday February 01, 2018 @12:02PM (#16283458)
In that story, the fishing village is in Western Europe.
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