
Originally Posted by
Opaque
You should ALWAYS pretend to be busy. Never let your managers see you doing nothing, always make sure you are either on the phone, even a pretend call, or closely looking at your laptop; you can even pretend to be taking new orders from customers, and then when the manager asks about these orders, just tell them that the customer changed their minds and they are amending them for next week.
Agreed. If you always appear "unavailable", you will never get stuck with doing tasks you don't like. There is almost a "crabs in a bucket" scenario happening at work. For instance, if a coworker is working hard but sees that you are just chillin', you will be in the cross-hairs of work that needs to be allocated. This is all because, they are miserable and want you to share that dread.

Originally Posted by
Opaque
If you can even get away with tinkering with the sales figures so you look like the best salesman, then do so. If you job pays for overtime, work at medium speed until 5pm, then start getting busy.
Depending on the job, you should not feel guilty about working as little as possible for something as volatile as money. Remember, roughly 25% of your income is stolen from you via income taxation. So why should you give it 100% when you get 75% of the reward? You also must have at least some money to survive unless you want to live in a shack in the woods so you must do something to earn it. What this leaves you with is the amount of effort you exert to earn said money. That's one of the few things you can control.

Originally Posted by
Opaque
Maximize your downtime, remote working has been a blessing. Work that starts at 9, should start at 11, finishes at 5? move that to 3. and so on. Focus only on the VERY important tasks and if your colleagues ask you for this or that trivial shit (which they always do) just say you are extremely busy and on the phone with the customer.
Quite true! People are often under the mistaken assumption that hard work is always rewarded. That's often rarely true in the corporate world. Use the "pareto principle" by focusing on those key tasks that actually matter. Never focus on the mundane that will not matter.
My attitudes toward my work etiquette could change at any time. I just need to system to stop taxing me out the ass! The ball has always been in the government's court.
There are activities that are worth 100% effort because you get out of it exactly what you get into it. Strength training comes to mind as far as that goes. Working for something as volatile as money is not one of those things. You should NEVER put forth maximum effort to obtain it.

Originally Posted by
Opaque
NEVER ALLOW ANYONE TO PUSH YOU OFF KILTER, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR ROUTINES SET UP SO THAT YOU HAVE A PERFECT ANSWER TO ANY STUPID TIMEWASTER SCUMBAG.
Indeed. I would further add that you shouldn't let anything at work ruin your day. You have to remember, for most of us, our jobs are meaningless. In 100 years, that customer complaint or that gossiping coworker will not matter at all. Don't let work happenings dictate your mood for the rest of the day. That is of course easier said than done at times.