The lazy world of the 'employee'

Every now and then, I read an article which further demonstrates how lucky we are to be self-employed. I turned my back on the 'normal world' of petty bickering and office politics over 15 years ago, and the thought of having to go back to that world makes me feel ill!

According to the BBC, an overwhelming majority of bosses and employees think that some of their colleagues consistently underperform.

The larger the company, the more 'dead wood' you get. It's easy to hide away between those open plan partitions and play Solitaire for hours on end without anyone noticing.

The BBC reports that a survey found that 84% of workers in organisations with more than 1,000 employees thought they had an underperforming colleague, compared with 50% in firms with fewer than 50 staff.

If we follow the logic of the survey's conclusions further - how about a company with 1-10 staff? Very little dead wood in sight, I'd imagine. This suggests that small business people are the hardest working in the UK!