The Company Loves Me. The Have Sent Me a Friend.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Require him to wear a uniform.

Red shirt, MR EXPENDABLE written on the back.

I AM NOT THE MAIN CHARACTER written on the front.

I do like that. A lot. He does sound like he's suffering a bit from the idea that he's the protagonist, even though he's just a random event that happened briefly on a speck somewhere in this particular universe.

[Luna]

Ask his opinion on an issue.

If opinion without asking for all the data, gently explain exactly why and how doing things his way would cause "X" casualties, and why.

Repeat until he learns that the world does not conform to textbook conditions.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Structure his lessons with The TGRR Rules, Adages, and Redman-esque Advice for Humans.

Stage some kind of evacuation (or scenario less likely to freak everyone else the fuck out) and don't tell him about it. When he comes outside in a panic, explain calmly that "Lots of shit happens that you aren't told about."

That gives me an idea.   

[Ben Shapiro]

I'm starting to think one of the most effective things a Morale Officer can do is create real morale.  Not "Ice Cream Wednesdays," or "there's donuts in the break room," but to ruminate and generate behaviors and attitues and practices that honestly make the workplace a better place to be.


That's really hard to do, sometimes.

No, it's not that hard.  You pay people what they're worth, you don't make them miserable to show how big your johnson is, and you use a lot of discretion when discipline cases come up.  Also, you give them the credit when they have a good idea.  I'm wasn't hired to have good ideas, I was hired to hire people that have good ideas.  You reward team players and sanction lone wolves.

There is no need for misery at the workplace.  In fact, it's counterproductive.

This shouldn't be rocket science.

A happy worker is a busy worker. 10 cents of tartar sauce for lunch will increase productivity by 100%.

[Ben Shapiro]

<3 THIS WHOLE DAMN THREAD.

[Cainad (dec.)]

You said that his "office" is a desk up against a wall in a giant training room, yes?

A Morale Officer needs to be able to adapt to a changing work environment. Move his desk about the room every once in a while. Maybe dead center one day, maybe facing the door from the back of the room another day, and facing a corner the next week. Not every day, just every once in a while.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

You said that his "office" is a desk up against a wall in a giant training room, yes?

A Morale Officer needs to be able to adapt to a changing work environment. Move his desk about the room every once in a while. Maybe dead center one day, maybe facing the door from the back of the room another day, and facing a corner the next week. Not every day, just every once in a while.

YES.

[Junkenstein]

Two words - Dunning Kruger.

I don't think you need any direction in how to apply that.

[Junkenstein]

This may also be useful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority

Academic ability and job performance[edit]
In a survey of faculty at the University of Nebraska, 68% rated themselves in the top 25% for teaching ability.[14]

In a similar survey, 87% of MBA students at Stanford University rated their academic performance as above the median.[15]

Findings of illusory superiority in research have also explained phenomena such as the large amount of stock market trading (as each trader thinks they are the best, and most likely to succeed),[16] and the number of lawsuits that go to trial (because, due to illusory superiority, many lawyers have an inflated belief that they will win a case)

Self, friends and peers[edit]
One of the first studies that found the effect of illusory superiority was carried out in 1976 by the College Board in the USA.[18] A survey was attached to the SAT exams (taken by approximately one million students per year), asking the students to rate themselves relative to the median of the sample (rather than the average peer) on a number of vague positive characteristics. In ratings of leadership ability, 70% of the students put themselves above the median. In ability to get on well with others, 85% put themselves above the median, and 25% rated themselves in the top 1%.

Again, I'm sure I don't need to tell you what to do with this.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

No real interaction with him yet today, but I pleased to report that my guys have gone whole hog on this.

[Faust]

No real interaction with him yet today, but I pleased to report that my guys have gone whole hog on this.

Did he go out of his way to make friends with them all based on your advice?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

No real interaction with him yet today, but I pleased to report that my guys have gone whole hog on this.

Did he go out of his way to make friends with them all based on your advice?

Naw.  They just decided to get all weird whenever he's around.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Is he avoiding you?

You said that you and he would get to work today. Maybe he's afraid of what that entails, based on his experience in Tucson thus far.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Is he avoiding you?

You said that you and he would get to work today. Maybe he's afraid of what that entails, based on his experience in Tucson thus far.

No, but I put him to work doing actual stuff.  I shall fuck with him at lunch time.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Is he avoiding you?

You said that you and he would get to work today. Maybe he's afraid of what that entails, based on his experience in Tucson thus far.

No, but I put him to work doing actual stuff.  I shall fuck with him at lunch time.

The calm before the storm.