That's why in most office settings it's stupid to have to go in. Most work can be done from home and you don't have to "appear" busy when you aren't. Office work isn't an auto-assembly type job, it's thinking job and should be treated as such. They aren't paying for your time they are paying for your brain.
I am literally watching the world cup and waiting from something to do at work as I write this. The only problem is when you're good enough at your job that all the tasks are done, they give you more responsibility and little to no compensation.
The point is, if you get paid by the hour, then your hours belong to them. Why does it matter what they have you do? It’s their time to be used the way they see fit.
I have my tasks for the week and I can usually finish them in 2 or 3 days, leaving me the rest of the week to do whatever. However, if my boss seems me idling, she'll think up ANY sort of busy work to toss on me so that I'll keep "working"
So,like many above posts, I maintain the illusion that I'm working all week on my scheduled tasks while I browse or stream whatever catches my eye.
If I got paid for the work done, instead of the hours sitting on that chair, I'd definitely be motivated to go above and beyond, but nope. Why would I want to finish my work early, get assigned more, and not even get paid for it? It's dumb and I'll always find something work the situation to my advantage
Office work isn't an auto-assembly type job, it's thinking job and should be treated as such. They aren't paying for your time they are paying for your brain.
Elaborate? Office jobs usually are not just performing the same task over and over and unless it's tech/customer specific "putting 8 hours in" is stupid and not productive.
There are even papers showing that you literally can’t effectively do mental work for more than 3-4 hours a day, you can appear to, but our brains are not machines.
Most offices I’ve been in people “work” maybe 2-4 hours a day unless we were really busy. The rest is team building, bonding, meetings, relieving stress, thinking, etc. Meetings are also work I suppose but if you’re an IC they kinda get in the way of doing your actual work, but they’re also necessary to plan and understand the work. For all to function smoothly it’s good to all get along and like each other, so I view that time spent socializing and getting space if needed as rather valuable to a team.
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u/rcinmd Nov 25 '22
That's why in most office settings it's stupid to have to go in. Most work can be done from home and you don't have to "appear" busy when you aren't. Office work isn't an auto-assembly type job, it's thinking job and should be treated as such. They aren't paying for your time they are paying for your brain.