Originally Posted by Bostonian
In real life, if you typically take twice as long do something as your coworkers, you will be let go.

My experience is quite the opposite... the individual who takes twice as long is praised as a hard worker, while the one who breezes through tasks with higher-quality results is constantly being pestered by management, because his far more efficient work performance leaves him with too much time to browse gifted forums on company time.