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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And is the "real world" really like this anymore? I see LOTS of government employees where I work who are impossible to fire and do the bare minimum to get their work done. And there are many professions where this is the case. Once people get tenure or even just get hired for full time work (rather than contracting or hourly wages) it's very hard to fire anyone. That's not to say that everyone acts this way, but actually there are many, many ways to have a job and have a shitty work ethic and lots of "retakes". [/quote]

I had an employee once who mastered how to take advantage of long term disability. She probably worked 20 months in 5 years. Always out for months and extending time with a doctors note, but we’d hear rumors that she was traveling and on vacation. In the office, no one liked her and she was constantly missing from her workspace/meetings and so many excuses for missing deadlines. Quality of work? Close to nil. Every time she got a warning or was written up, she went back out on leave. I’ve got other stories just like this - Fortune 100 companies. This is the real world.[/quote]

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