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Comment by mattnewton | Hacker News Reader

Are there employers out there who find articles like this actionable or is this just entertainment?

How long until the whole work performance pantheon of alliterative accusations is fleshed out and we get a personality test like the big 5 to find out which sins the employees around us are committing?

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I'm a Suave Serf, expertly and smoothly suppressing my inner convictions - and the occasional anxiety attack - that my job is utter bullshit while I whip my underlings into a frenzy of employee engagement, pleasing those above me in the food chain. Truly the employee personality type cut out for these challenging times of deprecating real estate and WFH entitlement.

Personality test? We have predictive AI! Minority report style workplace analyzer startup designed to find the Quiet Quitters and Loud Laborers. We're not too far off with the swaths of employee tracking already done at most companies.

I'd probably categorize it as edutainment. Like a History Channel show, where any credible historian you know would likely have a lot of issues with the accuracy of the content, but it's still entertaining.

I could name several "loud laborers" who I work with off the top of my head, but the root causes are quite nuanced. As many commenters have pointed out it's an adaptation behavior to an a work culture that values loudness.

Bravo. I had a laugh from reading this which quickly turned to horror after I realized it might actually come true

instant corporate mythology

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