I once worked at a "consulting" place that would crap out some e-commerce code or copywriting or marketing campaigns and whatnot. One of my coworkers, who started at the same time I did, had zero client tasks for 6 months and quit. She got paid salary either way but it was exhausting to come into work every day and just have to look like she was doing something productive. And I've had times like that as well where my work is meaningless and nonproductive. It's classic Bullshit Job stuff and it's bad for your soul.