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WCDT 2942-2946 (20-24 April 2015)
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 22 Apr 2015, 23:26 ---@BenRG. I think you are grossly underestimating what she can actually do. There has been no evidence in the comic to suggest she is incompetent, just super relaxed and doesn't take much seriously.
She was also a TA and graduated from grad school. The idea that she can write a thesis but can't actually write an evaluation is beyond silly.
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I explained the possible scenario yesterday: She copy-pasted her way through, doing only the bare minimum necessary with the aid of a professor who was a kindred spirit.
I'm not saying that she's incompetent; far from it, she's good when she wants to be. The way she trained and motivated Marten is proof of that! The problem is that she's typically unmotivated unless she has a personal stake, even if only emotional in nature and she simply does not have one even remotely strong enough to actually take the evaluation process seriously.
Tai probably normally 'delegates' it to Marten; too much work for too little reward otherwise. I base this on Marten's body language in panel 3 - He'd been expecting this but had hoped that he was wrong because he's now trapped in a dispute between his immediate manager and his girlfriend.
Method of Madness:
I'm pretty sure Tai just finished her undergrad degree, I think at some point she mentions her degree being in liberal arts.
Pilchard123:
--- Quote from: Gladstone on 22 Apr 2015, 19:54 ---"It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."
--Grace Hopper
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Fun fact: after joining the US Navy, Grace Hopper trained at Smith College.
katsmeat:
I'm sort-of a Bluestone 42 fan, and it's occurred to me that Tai's management style is pretty much that of Colonel Smith.
ie. You never appear to be actually doing anything or taking any obvious interest in your job, yet the facility you're responsible for mysteriously runs very efficiently.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/xsc9f1gRrq8
Bit like a duck, seemingly relaxed but a lot of frantic activity under the surface. And yes, Nevile Longbottom has joined the British Army,
BenRG:
--- Quote from: katsmeat on 23 Apr 2015, 01:17 ---I'm sort-of a Bluestone 42 fan, and it's occurred to me that Tai's management style is pretty much that of Colonel Smith.
ie. You never appear to be actually doing anything or taking any obvious interest in your job, yet the facility you're responsible for mysteriously runs very efficiently.
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It's all in the subordinates. If you've got a hyper-competent subordinate who will do your work for you rather than let others suffer because the work hasn't been done, then you never need to work again or even pretend to work. For Tai, that's Momo and Claire (and, to a lesser extent, Marten, although Tai usually needs to persuade him personally to take responsibility for stuff; that isn't really part of his comfort zone).
Naturally, you can never let said subordinate be rewarded, recognised or promoted for their work. If that happens, they'll no longer be available to do your work for you. The most you can do is give them unofficial recognition, like a personal note of thanks or your paternal hand of protection that makes the rest of the office hate and resent them as well as fear to so much as raise their eyes in their presence.
Huh... Is that Tai's Evil PlanTM? Ruin Claire's plans to graduate so she'll be stuck as one of Tai's Work Avoidance Squad forever? Nah, too Machiavellian for Tai; she's just a slacker, not a full-out sociopathic careerist.
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