Mick Wenlock
Admin Emeritus (retired)
Hubbards translation of "Arbeit macht Frei".
Just one of many little gems that show the totalitarian mindset.
Just one of many little gems that show the totalitarian mindset.
"Production is the basis of morale"
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Mick Wenlock
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ah so in the absence of production there is no morale? The word "production" is so open to interpretation as to be useless - is production defined as "useful" to others? Or is it satisfying to oneself? IN the case of a well trained Army Assault Division - destruction would be the basis of morale.
Mick Wenlock
Admin Emeritus (retired)
Sometimes I work so hard and long hours that I just want to drop dead.
But the business of my job makes the day go by fast.
Morale? I dont know.
The harder I work, the more money I make.
And that boosts my morale.
so if you were to be paid more for working less
would your morale go down?
Good twin
Floater
Production is creating; completing desired tasks. Getting done what one sets out to do. Not complex at all. If acquiring funding is the goal, each time you get paid is a morale boost. It's simple. I know that I get paid for just showing up. If the day is full of stupid non productive activity I don't feel good at the end of the day. (tired, grumpy, etc.) If I have a high volume of completed tasks that relate to my actual position at work I go home feeling good.
Bea- it also feels good to know I'm getting paid regardless.
Bea- it also feels good to know I'm getting paid regardless.
Giuseppe
Patron with Honors
Bea- it also feels good to know I'm getting paid regardless.
This was hard for Giuseppe to fathom at first, but now Giuseppe like it!
Mick Wenlock
Admin Emeritus (retired)
wow. I don't feel tired or grumpy unless people annoy me. Has nothing to do with whether I have been "productive".
As for production being "getting done what one sets out to do" - where does "getting done what someone else wants you to do" fit into that?
Bea Kiddo
Crusader
so if you were to be paid more for working less
would your morale go down?
I'd have more time on my hands to complain.
(there might be something to that, you know....)
Hey Mick
It's another one where there is some truth in it but is then used with no context by the fanatics. "Creativity is the basis for morale" would be closer to the truth but it's not easy to be creative on post when you're only "following orders/policy".
Personally, my morale has never been higher then when out for a few beers with some good mates and just shooting the shit.
Mick Wenlock
Admin Emeritus (retired)
Hey Mick
It's another one where there is some truth in it but is then used with no context by the fanatics. "Creativity is the basis for morale" would be closer to the truth but it's not easy to be creative on post when you're only "following orders/policy".
Personally, my morale has never been higher then when out for a few beers with some good mates and just shooting the shit.
zackly. Amen brutha!
That's one subtexts of the leaked Tom Cruise video that I thought should have been emphasised more. So much of it was a thinly disguised attempt to drop a guilt-trip that staff should be working harder, doing more and the work is it's own reward.
He rambles on, unconvincingly, bullshitting about how he wishes he could take a holiday and so on and so on...yeah, sure Tom. He was definitley briefed to do that, and it comes off as insincere and manipulative.
Quite a nasty little piece of propaganda because of the intent I see behind it, which is make staff feel grateful for being exploited and guilt-trip them into doing more.
He rambles on, unconvincingly, bullshitting about how he wishes he could take a holiday and so on and so on...yeah, sure Tom. He was definitley briefed to do that, and it comes off as insincere and manipulative.
Quite a nasty little piece of propaganda because of the intent I see behind it, which is make staff feel grateful for being exploited and guilt-trip them into doing more.
My thoughts exactly.
I'll take it a bit further and say that "production is the basis for morale, but not the only basis." Meaning that productive people are happy people, as long as they also have life balance, something LRH called, but CoS ignores, "The Dynamics".
I would also add that slaves have no morale, hence the SO must be the most demoralized place in the free world...
Terril park
Sponsor
Mick,
You are a high producer. You produced XSO which I'd
dearly like to be part of and your posts here. And no doubt much more I don't know about.
How is your morale?
This may just be re-wording what everyone else said, but I'd say that accomplishment is the basis of moral. If I'm working towards acheiving something that makes me proud, I'm happy. If I complete a task to the best of my ability, I'm happy.
Like so many things in Scientology, I don't know if there's an actual issue with Hubbard's statement so much as the way it's used. You can't pressure people into producing by threats or force.
Likewise, people don't produce well when they're unhappy, so morale is also the basis of production.
Like so many things in Scientology, I don't know if there's an actual issue with Hubbard's statement so much as the way it's used. You can't pressure people into producing by threats or force.
Likewise, people don't produce well when they're unhappy, so morale is also the basis of production.
Mick Wenlock
Admin Emeritus (retired)
Sarah - it is not a question of "the way it is used" it is a totally fatuous statement. As soon as people start defending it "well when I produce a VFP I feel pretty good" as Bjorkist said - it becomes apparent that it IS fatuous.
The statement is not "well if you make something good you will feel good about it" (which would be a true statement) but "production is the basis of morale" which is not.
Two refutations
1) Workaholics are, to a large degree, not happy people. Why not?
2) if the statement is true then slaves producing would have high morale. Something that even those defending this statement seem to think is crap.
There are other refutations.
The statement is typical Hubbardian blowhardery and pompous bulldookey.