Harsin may be on the way out

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ButchPlz said:
I work to live for sure, but it's not that I don't take my job seriously- it's that I know that my family is #1. I work extremely hard to get done what I need to get done (excellently) and try to find the best ways to finish my work in a way that doesn't disrupt my life totally.

I've been in a constant state of promotion both in rank and pay and I work much less than the people that are "grinding". Grinding wears you out. And when you're worn out, you make bad decisions and you perform poorly, and worse than that you turn into a task monkey that fails to find better ways to get stuff done.
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I’ve found that “grinding” is often just a fancy word to describe staying at the office for longer periods of time for no real reason, involving yourself in projects that aren’t related to your job, or simply being dumb and taking forever to get a task accomplished, but everyone else thinks you spent a really long time on something
 
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WestTennesseeVol said:
I’ve found that “grinding” is often just a fancy word to describe staying at the office for longer periods of time for no real reason, involving yourself in projects that aren’t related to your job, or simply being dumb and taking forever to get a task accomplished, but everyone else thinks you spent a really long time on something
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There is also a certain personality type that believes in "hard work" for the sake of hard work. Don't get me wrong; this isn't to say that hard work isn't an admirable quality, but ultimately what you want to do is be productive, efficient, and create value. If you dig ditches for 12 hours a day then go back the next day and spend 12 hours filling them back in, you've worked your ass off, but what have you really achieved? There is a certain type of person that thinks that hours and effort are what get noticed and rewarded, and that isn't necessarily the case.

And also, as you said, quite often people who put in huge amounts of hours at work are fairly inefficient workers. They aren't actually more productive than others, or might even be less productive than others, but spend huge amounts of time working so it might look from a distance like they are getting a lot done.
 
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05_never_again said:
There is also a certain personality type that believes in "hard work" for the sake of hard work. Don't get me wrong; this isn't to say that hard work isn't an admirable quality, but ultimately what you want to do is be productive, efficient, and create value. If you dig ditches for 12 hours a day then go back the next day and spend 12 hours filling them back in, you've worked your ass off, but what have you really achieved? There is a certain type of person that thinks that hours and effort are what get noticed and rewarded, and that isn't necessarily the case.

And also, as you said, quite often people who put in huge amounts of hours at work are fairly inefficient workers. They aren't actually more productive than others, or might even be less productive than others, but spend huge amounts of time working so it might look from a distance like they are getting a lot done.
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That reminded of an older guy I worked with in Knoxville who would be at his computer for hours and hours and always got complemented on his hard work.

One day I went to ask him something and noticed he was typing something from one report onto a Word document, word for word copying. I asked him why he didn’t just copy and paste it over. Turns out he didn’t know what copy and paste was and had spent the past however many years of his life typing one report word for word onto a separate Word document.

In retrospect, I probably shouldn’t have said anything because he was kinda exposed for all the time he had been wasting on doing that.

Edit: Also, the military is filled with the type of people you describe. Stay at work all day and all night but accomplishing very little. I had a 1SG once stay up for 3 days straight in the field, to the point he was just sitting there, staring at the ground, accomplishing nothing, but to him, as long as everyone saw him awake, he was “working hard.”
 
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WestTennesseeVol said:
That reminded of an older guy I worked with in Knoxville who would be at his computer for hours and hours and always got complemented on his hard work.

One day I went to ask him something and noticed he was typing something from one report onto a Word document, word for word copying. I asked him why he didn’t just copy and paste it over. Turns out he didn’t know what copy and paste was and had spent the past however many years of his life typing one report word for word onto a separate Word document.

In retrospect, I probably shouldn’t have said anything because he was kinda exposed for all the time he had been wasting on doing that.

Edit: Also, the military is filled with the type of people you describe. Stay at work all day and all night but accomplishing very little. I had a 1SG once stay up for 3 days straight in the field, to the point he was just sitting there, staring at the ground, accomplishing nothing, but to him, as long as everyone saw him awake, he was “working hard.”
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One of the better things I ever heard about work/life balance became my mantra:

No one ever said on their death bed, I wish I'd spent more time at work.
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
One of the better things I ever heard about work/life balance became my mantra:

No one ever said on their death bed, I wish I'd spent more time at work.
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I’ve seen too many men and women retire from the military or law enforcement, giving over 30 years of their life to a certain branch or department, their entire adult life revolving around it, and then they’re replaced the next week like nothing ever happened.

I remember one supervisor (several years ago) would keep coming back around after he retired and telling people what to do, until he was finally asked to leave and if he wanted to visit, he would need to schedule a time with the secretary. It was like someone took the only thing that gave him meaning. I told myself then that work would never be more important than my family and to find validation in things over than work.
 
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WestTennesseeVol said:
I’ve seen too many men and women retire from the military or law enforcement, giving over 30 years of their life to a certain branch or department, their entire adult life revolving around it, and then they’re replaced the next week like nothing ever happened.

I remember one supervisor (several years ago) would keep coming back around after he retired and telling people what to do, until he was finally asked to leave and if he wanted to visit, he would need to schedule a time with the secretary. It was like someone took the only thing that gave him meaning. I told myself then that work would never be more important than my family and to find validation in things over than work.
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Companies are machines and workers are parts. Parts are replaceable and that's what makes the model of modern companies so successful. No matter what "feel good" line a company might spout about "we're a family" or whatever, successful companies very very rarely have truly irreplaceable employees.

Contrast this with your family and there's no question where loyalties should be placed.
 
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Man, it looks like boosters at Auburn may have leaked something that they can not backup. If that’s true, the lawsuits there may just beginning.
 
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508mikey said:
So Auburn is going to eat the 18 million buyout ?
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They paid Malzan a $21.45M buyout. This might be a firing for cause, which would limit or eliminate the buyout. Depends on how the covenants in his contract are interpreted related to personal conduct and/or "divisive culture" in the program. My guess is they eventually agree on a lesser amount after lawyer jockeying.
 
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wmcovol said:
Man, it looks like boosters at Auburn may have leaked something that they can not backup. If that’s true, the lawsuits there may just beginning.
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It does make you wonder. Everybody says they’re stupid, but I just don’t have my own opinions about them. I also doubt that anybody will be easy to sue. If they can’t fire Harsin for cause, then all he can do now is retire in the job for a year and escape that way.
 
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Firebirdparts said:
It does make you wonder. Everybody says they’re stupid, but I just don’t have my own opinions about them. I also doubt that anybody will be easy to sue. If they can’t fire Harsin for cause, then all he can do now is retire in the job for a year and escape that way.
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I believe the young lady may have grounds for a case against them if nothing can be proven. It’s not unusual for a man to offer a job to a bright Attractive young lady in his organization & their relationship be strictly business. She can definitely prove her reputation has been damaged.
 
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This is like a bad marriage going through the divorce negotiations. My GUESS is that Auburn will pay the entire buy-out. Harsin will agree not to pursue any legal action against anyone associated with Auburn and also to not discuss this publicly in the future. Too much damage has been done for Harsin to remain head coach at Auburn.
 
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OldandStillaVol said:
This is like a bad marriage going through the divorce negotiations. My GUESS is that Auburn will pay the entire buy-out. Harsin will agree not to pursue any legal action against anyone associated with Auburn and also to not discuss this publicly in the future. Too much damage has been done for Harsin to remain head coach at Auburn.
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I agree. I think at this point there’s been too much damage done to recover.

#clesiwatch2022
 
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bamawriter said:
That is nuts. They have completely kneecapped his already shaky recruiting.

Watch him pull a Tuberville and win big after the attempted coup so they get stuck with him for a few extra years.
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Wont happen Tuberville didnt have A&M and Alabama was still down because of probation back then - its going to be a season like Chizik had when he was fired
 
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