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Stuff You Should Know

Taylorism: Work Faster!

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.678.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve ever lost your job thanks to a management consultant coming through your company or been timed for how fast you work, you can thank Frederick Winslow Taylor, the father of scientific management. If that field sounds made up that’s because it is.

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0:00.0

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0:38.5

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0:44.9

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0:50.8

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0:54.6

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1:07.6

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of IHeart Radio.

1:16.7

Hey, and welcome to the podcast.

1:18.6

I'm Josh, and there's Chuck, and Jerry's here too, timing us, telling us to hurry up,

1:23.9

scowling at us even, which makes this another average episode of stuff you should know.

1:31.2

She said, get this in 45 minutes on the nose. No more, no less. And then she went and walked out of the room holding a pillow.

1:40.9

Was that me or Jerry? That was Jerry. Okay.

1:46.5

I'm usually the timekeeper.

1:47.1

Are you?

1:48.2

I never noticed.

1:49.7

With your new swatch?

1:50.1

Yeah.

1:55.6

No, I just feel like I'm the one that's like 45 minutes and you're like, no, let's make it three hours.

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