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So whilst I do this myself and 100% believe that multi-tasking like this is a good thing, the one argument I've seen which I don't have a suitable response to is the idea that if you have time to spend on other thing rather than working, you're not managing your workload correctly. I.e you're being paid to work, not paid to fill the washing machine, pop to the shops etc. If you find yourself with spare time you should be proactively asking your manager for additional work, rather than goofing off. Same applies for working in the office.
I'm sure your boss/manager would proactively increase your wage relatively to the extra work you asked for
Fuck this so very very hard. The economic system is geared against workers, take everything you can.
Because telling your manager that this (online or in office) meeting is useless for you always works out great. /s Very often there is a discussion between two people and the rest are just spectators, but leaving is disrespectful.
Yeah but think about this: is it reasonable for companies to expect human beings to spend 100% of their focus on work for the entire day, five days per week, as if we are machines?
Companies expect people to last their entire life. This is not happening if you are working hard all the time. You will get injuries and feel like shit, which is not sustainable. We are not made to work like machines.
Also, happiness means higher productivity, with no exceptions. Also, what the fuck are we working for? Is there any point besides increasing the profits? There is no point to any of it. Except to get money to eat and relax.
Humans don't work this way, especially knowledge workers. We need breaks to function at our best, and constantly doing work for 8 hours (or more) is not it. Not to mention the health issues that come from constantly sitting.
And then:
If anything I shouldn't be doing chores, I should be relaxing. Doing chores is working.
As in, I'm being paid to work, some of the process of working is recharge time. By instead doing chores, I'm arguably not recharging as effectively.
Of course it's a bit more complex than that, and uncompleted domestic tasks create mental overhead that distract from focus, so where the balance lies is hard to say.
I do, as it happens, ask for more work when necessary. I like to have a queue of tasks to work through, then take them on at a sustainable pace. So far it's been several years and no one has expressed anything negative about my pace of work. In fact it got me promoted a couple of weeks ago.
Makes sense. Probably the best answer I've had, thanks.
They're paying you to get a job done. They're paying your manager to manage you, so don't do that job too unless you're getting paid for two jobs. If your manager wants to be a dick and micromanage you to death, get a new job.
And this folks is what we call either a bootlicker or manager with no skills.
Which is u?
Someone with better reading comprehension than you, evidently...
Clearly the audience thinks otherwise 🤡