[Via Loic]
A French Employee’s Work Celebrates the Sloth Ethic
This article will improve again France’s image abroad.
“Corinne Maier, the author of “Bonjour Paresse,” a sort of slacker manifesto whose title translates as “Hello Laziness,” has become a countercultural heroine almost overnight by encouraging the country’s workers to adopt her strategy of “active disengagement” – calculated loafing – to escape the horrors of disinterested endeavor.”
“But she works just 20 hours a week writing dry economic reports at the state electric utility, Électricité de France, for which she is paid about $2,000 a month”
“Her employer of 12 years was not amused. Irritated that she identified herself as an Électricité de France employee on the back cover of her book, company officials wrote her a stern letter accusing her of inattention at meetings, leaving work early and “spreading gangrene from within,” just as her book advocates. They demanded that she appear for a disciplinary hearing, though the original Aug. 17 date has been pushed back to September. That’s because Ms. Maier is going on vacation.”
I’m again completely shocked by the growing abyss between this kind of lazy people and the rest of the world.
I was this week with some Romanian colleagues and i was totally impressed by their willingness to develop themselves, their company and their country. I mentionned this example to them, to explain that they are *not* the only ones who have to fight against bureaucracy and laziness. They laughed a lot…and that’s perhaps the only positive point about this story.
I hate having to pay taxes for this person, her boss and her company. and I do not want to know how many state employees are working in this way…