Frederick Winslow Taylor Quote

The greater part of the systematic soldiering, however, is done by the men with the deliberate object of keeping their employers ignorant of how fast work can be done.
So universal is soldiering for this purpose, or under any of the ordinary systems of compensating labor, who does not devote a considerable part of his time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace.


p. 14 - Shop Management, 1903


The greater part of the systematic soldiering, however, is done by the men with the deliberate object of keeping their employers ignorant of how fast ...

The greater part of the systematic soldiering, however, is done by the men with the deliberate object of keeping their employers ignorant of how fast ...

The greater part of the systematic soldiering, however, is done by the men with the deliberate object of keeping their employers ignorant of how fast ...

The greater part of the systematic soldiering, however, is done by the men with the deliberate object of keeping their employers ignorant of how fast ...