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Office Space the Bob's Interview Typical Day

ghostb13Cited 3× on HN, 2015–2017
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comedy · general · evergreen · 2015–2017 on HN

A short clip from the film Office Space in which Peter explains his typical workday to the Bobs, the consultants.

Used as a joke reference in threads about slacking at work and workplace dysfunction.

3 comments from Hacker News

@imjustsaying2017-04 · in “Ask HN: How much of your time at work do you spend not working?”

>part of me wonders if I'm not as unusual as I feel It's probably not as unusual as it feels ▶ this video

@type02017-01 · in “How Bullshitters Not Just Survive But Thrive (2016)”

> "It's basically done, but I haven't added Y or Z yet" is always the prelude to receiving something he's been "working on" for three months and actually put in, charitably, two or three days of actual work. Reminds me of the Typical Day interview (from Office Space): ▶ this video

@a3n2015-05 · in “How Grand Theft Auto Explains One of the Biggest Mysteries of the US Economy”

The article suggests we may not have figured out how to properly measure IT productivity growth. Another possibility (my guess, no research to support it) is that we really have experienced a reduction in productivity growth. Corporations are doing very well post-recession, labor is not. I say and think this over and over again: corporations have figured out how to take a larger share from productivity than labor has. At some point, labor has to wonder "why should I?" Skip to about 1:00 if you like. ▶ this video