Here we call it “standard operation” and it’s also a kind of “white strike”
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WoodScientist@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoThis reminds me of a work-to-rule or a “White Strike.” It turns out that every company, even those that supposedly operate off of “unskilled” labor, utterly rely on employees making a ton of judgment calls and often working outside their job description. When employees start working to the letter of their job description, the whole operation quickly grinds to a halt.
mrecondo@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks ago
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
Same in Brazil. It’s a most effective form of strike - you still get paid, the consultant still hemorrhages money. Another common one among public transit is when bus drivers still go around their route but don’t collect payment.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
“Other duties as assigned” is a bitch.
dustyData@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
This is when “could you please send that request on writing via e-mail” becomes really useful.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That’s what gets struck in a white strike.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
If it’s literally in your job description, as it has been in my last several positions, does it qualify?
Githyanki@lemmings.world 4 weeks ago
You make them assign the task to you, don’t just do it because it’s necessary. Each task that is not part of your actual assigned job needs to be assigned to you. Every time. If they want you to do it every time it’s needed, ask for them to update your job description to reflect it.
It’s called a white strike because you are burying them in paperwork, but not walking off the job.
Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
A white strike, like all strikes works because of collective action, not because of some tricky technically lol.
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Okay, you’ve assigned me a duty. Give me exact, and I mean exact, instructions about how to complete it.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
If everyone does it then it works.
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Sure. It means they can ask you to do other things that aren’t explicitly written in the original job description. But every time they tell you to do something beyond it, you just start doing THAT exactly to the letter of the request.