Frederick Taylor observed a workplace practice that he termed "soldiering," which means that the employees
A) worked like busy bees without ever taking a break.
B) worked slowly because they didn't want to run out of work, thus appearing unneeded and risking losing their jobs.
C) worked virtually for free due to high motivation and lack of knowledge about negotiating pay.
D) had much higher productivity than he expected based on his estimates.
E) had much lower productivity than should have been the case.
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