I am content to be average at my job

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you okay with your kids getting Cs?

OP here. Actually, yes. I have no problem if my kids get Cs. I was pushed by well-meaning parents to excel as a child and all it did was keep me inside studying while I should have been enjoying my childhood. I will encourage my kids to skip the homework and have fun instead.

this times a million.

i will offer advice and guidance for DC's and tell them about opportunties and how the world works but after that they need to get their own motivation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a distinction between not worrying too much or caring if you get ahead, on the one hand, versus not doing the best job possible at your current job. Deciding you don't need to push yourself to hard to get ahead is fine - but doing "c" work at your current job means you have a poor work ethic.

Good post.

I agree. C level work is very different than just not wanting to advance. You owe your employer more than that- an probably yourself too.

uh no you don't.

C is average. if top 10% are the A players and bottom 10% are F players, 20-25 for B and F players, the median in an organization will be C players.

so what you and others are saying is 70-80% of the work force (on top of those unemployed/looking for work) owe their employers more?

lol, no wonder why america (along with asia) has the worst work/life balance. What a poisonous culture.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Of you are not eh job, and getting paid, you should strive to do your best every hour you are there. Seriously? Is this a topic of debate? You have a poor work ethic otherwise.

No wonder employers often prefer to hire non US citizens.

[Anonymous]

Meant to say "if you are on the job"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Of you are not eh job, and getting paid, you should strive to do your best every hour you are there. Seriously? Is this a topic of debate? You have a poor work ethic otherwise.

No wonder employers often prefer to hire non US citizens.

no, you produce to a level of where your compensation roughly equals your marginal product. unless there is a bonus structure or incentive for growth/promotion....if i get everything done that is required, it doesn't mean i have to expend A or B effort.

[Anonymous]

Why would you be satisfied spending most of your awake hours calling it in as a C?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a distinction between not worrying too much or caring if you get ahead, on the one hand, versus not doing the best job possible at your current job. Deciding you don't need to push yourself to hard to get ahead is fine - but doing "c" work at your current job means you have a poor work ethic.

Good post.

I agree. C level work is very different than just not wanting to advance. You owe your employer more than that- an probably yourself too.

uh no you don't.

C is average. if top 10% are the A players and bottom 10% are F players, 20-25 for B and F players, the median in an organization will be C players.

so what you and others are saying is 70-80% of the work force (on top of those unemployed/looking for work) owe their employers more?

lol, no wonder why america (along with asia) has the worst work/life balance. What a poisonous culture.

in the performance review system at my place, there are 3 categories --lagging, solid, and leading. we were told solid is like getting an A-, and leading is an A+. they said about 85% of employees should fall into the solid category and the rest are outliers. but really, they don't want to rate people highly, because those people will expect more money. so they can kick rocks IMO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would you be satisfied spending most of your awake hours calling it in as a C?

Because I can. Most people do not get off on being the best at their jobs. I have many other things in life that are more satisfying.

[Anonymous]

To the people saying a C is average - really? Most of the schools I went to had 80% of the class at a B or an A. If you truly didn't understand the material, you got a D or an F, but Cs are for people who maybe understand part of it and just didn't bother to do a good enough job. Who wants to be that person? OP - get a new job that inspires you!

[Anonymous]

^^ but this isn't school. On a bell curve, a C should be average. At work tHat should be a satisfactory rating, meaning you are meeting expectations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the people saying a C is average - really? Most of the schools I went to had 80% of the class at a B or an A. If you truly didn't understand the material, you got a D or an F, but Cs are for people who maybe understand part of it and just didn't bother to do a good enough job. Who wants to be that person? OP - get a new job that inspires you!

Then those schools had grade inflation. On a Bell curve, most people should be getting C's. C = average, good enough, not outstanding.

And I feel like the OP -- since my baby was born, I just don't have my head in the game and I know I'm not doing the same quality of work that I was before. I miss my baby, I hate that I had to come back so soon, and half my brain is focused on childcare and other household management stuff. I'm hanging in there, hoping that it will get better as she gets older, but really, I just don't want to lose my job because we need the money and the health insurance, but I don't care that much about the rest of it. If I'm good enough that my co-workers aren't having to pick up my slack or otherwise negatively affected, and my work gets done well enough, that's fine for now.