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>We had a few old people in our department who were basically kept there doing nothing because they didn't want to retrain on new technology but they were friends with management so they weren't let go before retirement.

Being friends with management is doing something though. It’s messed up but if I had the resources there’s definitely people I know who I’d pay to have around just cos socializing with them helps me work better with no requirements on their own output.

[moonchrome]

Haha I doubt drinking at the office since noon was boosting productivity (although I'm sure they would claim it was) - they were just riding on the insane deals they had while the newspapers were relevant for politics and advertisers.

Sort of how Google could have thousands of employees doing nothing and still be insanely profitable. Since they were employee owned after transitioning from communism (majority share at least) there was no pressure to optimize profits. The pathologies of that were interesting to say the least.

[whywhywhywhy]

>Haha I doubt drinking at the office since noon was boosting productivity

I dunno, seemed like to worked out very profitably for the boomers. Maybe they’re onto something.