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0 pointsmavhc4y ago0 comments

If you can't tell whether your employees are working, why do you even have employees? Imagine how much money you'll save.

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gedy4y ago

Most companies I've worked for use "I can see them at their desk" or meeting attendance as the primary measure of "your employees are working".

mavhcOP4y ago

don't they do work you can see?

lordnacho4y ago

It's like the adage about advertising: you don't know which ones are effective.

smorgusofborg4y ago

Then you have to get out of all the work you were assigning them yourself. Much better to leave it to a specialist!

nmstoker4y ago

Yes, but remember in the scenario you're replying to, you cannot tell if they've done the work. So assigning to the specialist you mention might as well mean tossing the job requests into the bin.

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