An article about characteristics of good employees was circulated where I work and I couldn't help myself from reading it with the context of [database] saltmine slavery in mind. Here is a quick interpretation:
1. You ignore job descriptions - Willing to go into the deepest shafts to get the salt even when assigned a nice surface patch in the shade
2. You're eccentric - You rile up your co-slaves with your humour and positive working attitude even at the risk of angering the slave drivers - happy slaves == more salt and happy masters
3. But you know when to dial it back - when the slave driver cracks his whip, you work shut your piehole and work as if your life depends on it
4. You praise openly - You pat your slave friends on the back if they've gathered acceptable amounts of salt and tell them that the masters appreciate their effort
5. You complain in private - If some slave pisses you off, go beat him up somewhere deep in the mine - you don't want to start a riot and stop the others from gathering the precious minerals
6. Speak up when others are intimidated - When you haven't had food for 3 days(not less), speak up - if you die of hunger your bosses will get less salt and have to get new slaves
7. Like proving others wrong - that nice pocket of salt in the dangerous underwater cavern CAN be mined. You do not just want the master satisfied - you want him to smile. Possibly, other motivations can also play a role, for example stupidity.
8. Always fiddling - You always try to find ways to gather more salt, unselfishly ignoring the fact that you'll spend the rest of your (short) life in the hole you're digging to get it
Of course the article was not referring to slaves hundreds of years ago, but I had fun thinking this up. Feel free to suggest improvements to my interpretations!
One last thing: Any parallels you might see to your own life or to people you know's lives is unintended.
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