"So life is good. But not perfect, as he told the X sphere this week. "Appalled when I see workers on their phones. My dad used to always say 'there's always something to do.' No customers? Sweep the floor. Floor swept? Clean the machines. Machines clean? Organize stock. Organized? Clean again. Insane that anyone lets you on your phone lol. (I worked in various forms of customer-facing retail for about 7 years, but this extends beyond that).""
"One responder, @afterlanie, said: "My thought tends more towards that they're not being paid enough to care, and this is a company culture issue. employees who feel invested in the work/culture, and see potential for growth don't sit on their phones." While fellow founder and engineer @Doom_S_dey opined: "Slack isn't laziness, it's capacity. It's how teams absorb rushes, train new hires, and stay accurate when things get hectic.""
A prominent tech founder encouraged workers to avoid phone use and instead occupy downtime with practical tasks such as sweeping floors, cleaning machines, and organizing stock. The founder previously led a company that produced Terraform and other cloud-native tools, and the company was later sold to IBM in 2024. Subsequent pursuits included building a terminal emulator called Ghostty and piloting aircraft. The social post prompted debate: some argued phone use signals low pay or weak company culture, while others defended idle chat as necessary for absorbing surges, training hires, and maintaining accuracy during hectic periods.
Read at Theregister
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]