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爱德华·博克:爱德华·博克自传·补录 180

爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导

Bok found it a uniform rule among his fellow-workers to do exactly the opposite to his own idea; there was an astonishing unanimity in working by the clock; where the hour of closing was five o'clock the preparations began five minutes before, with the hat and overcoat over the back of the chair ready for the stroke of the hour. This concert of action was curiously universal, no "overtime" was ever to be thought of, and, as occasionally happened when the work did go over the hour, it was not, to use the mildest term, done with care, neatness, or accuracy; it was, to use a current phrase, "slammed off." Every moment beyond five o'clock in which the worker was asked to do anything was by just so much an imposition on the part of the employer, and so far as it could be safely shown, this impression was gotten over to him.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3538
定位:Additional excerpt 180 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

博克发现同事们的规矩跟他完全相反:大家惊人地一致“按钟点干活”。五点下班,四点五十五就开始收拾,帽子和外套搭在椅背上,钟一响就走人。加班?想都别想。偶尔活拖过点,也是草草了事,用当时的话说叫“甩出去”。在他们看来,下班后多干一分钟都是老板占便宜,而且尽量让老板感觉到这一点。这反映出一种交易心态:只出卖时间,不出卖心思。长此以往,这样的人很难被委以重任。

上下文

博克在自传中对比自己与同事的工作态度,描述当时职场普遍的“踩点下班”风气。

今日一问

我工作时是只盯着钟点,还是也关注事情有没有真正做好?

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