Understanding the “Slacker”

 

Understanding the “Slacker”

Slackers have a bad reputation. By definition, they are labeled as goldbricking, freeloading, underachieving procrastinators. However, I hope to offer a different perspective on the current way employers, family members, friends, and coworkers view those considered to be slacking on the job and in their lives. I think there's a lot more to the so-called “Slacker” than looking for the easy way out, jumping from gig to gig. So, let's get to it, shall we?

Slackers have goals, interests, desires, needs, ambitions, and passions just like anyone else. They just wanted to live life and do things on their terms, their way, and within their time frames. Slackers resist and rebel against unbending structure, rules, and regulations. The slacker will eventually take that highway whenever forced to choose between workplace authorities, "our way, or the highway." 

Slackers are creative, spontaneous, energetic, engaging, and, believe it or not, hardworking and committed just as much as corporate ladder climbers trapped in their cubicles or, worse, boxed into a dead-end job at a small—to mid-size business workspace. Slackers need the freedom of independence and to be surrounded by people of like kind and quality of mind. To live a successful slacker lifestyle, one must find what they love to do most and pursue that path with passion and relentless vigor. 

Slackers need not let others shame them for harboring dreams and aspirations that the mainstream go-along-to-get-alongers lack the imagination and vision for themselves. When others see slackers slacking on the job, shirking their duties, doing the bare minimum, AKA quiet quitting, they are merely bidding their time until they can financially and securely tell their supervisors and managers, "You can take this job and shove it." The “Slacker” knows they’ll live to slack another day.

The bottom line: It takes a thick skin to suffer the slings and arrows of those who misunderstand the slacker's true mindset, and it takes courage for slackers to pursue their  “Labor of Love.” But if you're given enough thought, if you love it, it ain't laborious! 

Well, that's all I can say to support my case today. If you have thoughts to the contrary, feel free to leave your comments below.

C-ya later this week with some more Sh!t to-Chat to contemplate.😀

What if Your Boss Sucks?

 

Everything this young man said in his video is good, sage advice. However, from the minute you're offered a job or that almighty acceptance letter, if you're smart, you will already be thinking about an exit strategy should things go south in the near future. Now, don't get me wrong; a positive attitude is the only way to project a positive vibe, but it's the wide-eyed, smart, and clever ones who plan for the worst of times. 

What if that happy, welcoming, upbeat-faced supervisor/well-meaning office manager has been faking it throughout the orientation, which is a few weeks long and meant to give you a chance to acclimate yourself to how things work and their expectations regarding your "performance"?

 Paragraph, what if that supervisor/office manager was only wearing a mask? What if the person you report to reveals themselves to be a class a Bitch/Asshole? You never know! Many times, you won't know until you meet some of your coworkers in the break room. Are they chipper? Are they glowing? Are they in the mindset that embodies a positive workplace environment? 

 What do they look like? Overworked, worried, sullen, and unenthusiastic? Does anyone appear to be on the ledge of going postal? If so, note where all the exits are located and be prepared to bust a move ASAP. O'k, maybe that was a bit over the top, but if you've had as many negative experiences in the workplace with crummy ass o Maniac Here's the definition of megalomaniac a person who is obsessed with their own power ffice megalomaniacs as I have, you wouldn't think so. 

If you're a newbie to the world of work, and you have the makings of a slacker like myself, and walking out on a bad job is just not feasible financially, you wanna do what slackers do; quietly quit. as I've done many times before, I just put in the absolute bare minimum, especially if I was lucky enough to have an absentee boss. In fact, the boss who's not constantly looking over your shoulder and micromanaging every move you make and every breath you take should be a good thing. The less they see, the less you have to do. You wanna bide your time Until you can find another workplace to sleep on the job unnoticed Remember slackers are trying to get ahead, they're just trying to get paid.

 And once again,  while the young man in the video made some really good points, I'd be leery about sitting down with a megalomaniac to come up with a solution to how I was feeling about how he or she was running the office. Secondly, going to HR is always a bad idea. If you have any doubts, go back to the last posting, and you'll see how many feel about HR. You'll likely be seen as a disgruntled worker, or at least that's how they'll frame you. And more than likely, you'll find yourself being exported from the building carrying your personal possessions in a cardboard box. And if you're silly enough to go that route, it is a good idea to document everything carefully and succinctly. Hell, maybe you might be able to get some coworkers to support you, just don't count on it.

 Well, I believe I beat the hell out of that story. Feel free to comment below if you found some value in any of the above. If not, keep your opinions to yourself!

As usual, I'll be back to Shit-Chat with you soon. 😃