Comments on: Will you choose sincerity or brilliance?

By: Manshu

Manshu — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:29:25 +0000

I am talking about a person who you know can do a lot more (and has proven it in the past) than he is currently doing.

He is doing less simply because he knows he can get away with it and has gotten used to the easy life.

By: Dividend Tree

Dividend Tree — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:42:39 +0000

what is point of sincerity when it doesn’t get you the results? I would be inclined to let go 100% sincerity for 10% brilliance if that gets me results.

Are you equating sincerity with discipline? Seems like you are pointing towards discipline, but wording as sincerity?

By: Mikael @ Retire Early

Mikael @ Retire Early — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:54:58 +0000

@Manshu, the story didn’t say anything about you showing up late. It only said that you show up “later” and I can’t see why you should behave the rest of the employees just because they think so.

Secondly if you’re able to give 50% and make more money than the people doing 100% then you’re the one to keep and they are the ones that should either drastically improve or be fired (if we assume you receive the same monthly pay).

I feel that sincerity is an important virtue but it has nothing to do when being hired to do a job (necessarily). Just like a good husband and father should be fired if he doesn’t do the job as the company wants him to.

He is still a good man but there is no correlation between the two.

By: Manshu

Manshu — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:26:49 +0000

@Mikael, Living high is one thing but when you start showing up late and are not giving your 100% to the job, its a bit of laziness and insincerity.
I can see that a lot of organizations face this choice today. Most of them fire the people who don’t show any particular promise.
And go to great lengths to retain the ones that have shown some promise in the past but have slacked up a little. So, in that respect they are doing what you say.

By: Mikael @ Retire Early

Mikael @ Retire Early — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:29:21 +0000

I’m not sure I get why you’re calling yourself insincere? Living high on past performance (that still brings in good money) has nothing to do with insincerity in my book.

But other than that I would keep you if I could see that you were the one that would bring in the most money for the shareholders.

By: Mark Wolfinger

Mark Wolfinger — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:25:07 +0000

You are fired!

By: Ancella

Ancella — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:23:10 +0000

I would choose sincerity for sure, in such a case. If it wasn’t for the memo sent across, this brilliant, insincere guy would still be whiling away his time at work.

Btw, I like your disclaimer