• Aniki@feddit.org
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    5 hours ago

    I had a similar problem.

    Once, in school, i did all my homework fast. We had a week to do it, i handed it in after a day only. The teacher saw that, thought i’m very interested or that they give us too little homework, and then increased homework for me and everyone else. I learned not to do things quickly. It will only backfire.

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      5 hours ago

      This is the way.

      Don’t procrastinate the work…just procrastinate the turn-in.

      This way, you can feign being busy and be done at the same time! Nobody needs to know that you’re done. That means you can slack off right up until the last possible second, completely stress-free.

      If you start showing your hand, they’re gonna start expecting more from you. And what will you get in return? Maybe an extra 0.5% on your raise? Nah brah. Keep it. 0.5% on 100k is $500/yr. Is less than $10/wk…after taxes, they barely bought you a coffee every week.

      By all means…work at a medium pace while you’re new. Don’t want to get caught while you’re still green. But once you’re comfortable in a place…

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          I go in a bit earlier than most coworkers and am super productive for the first few hours. Then I have lunch and coast. That’s my routine basically every day.