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to those of you who get bored at work if there's lots of downtime, why? (linux.community)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by vestmoria@linux.community to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I read posts about people quitting jobs because they're boring or there is not much to do and I don't get it: what's wrong with being paid for doing nothing or not much at all?

Examples I can think of: being paid to be present but only working 30 minutes to 2 hours every 8 hours, or a job where you have to work 5 minutes every 30 minutes.

What's wrong with reading a book, writing poetry or a novel, exercising, playing with the smartphone... and going home to enjoy your hobbies fully rested?

Am I missing something?

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[-] snooggums@midwest.social 113 points 8 months ago

What’s wrong with reading a book, writing poetry or a novel, exercising, playing with the smartphone

The jobs people complain about tend to penalize them for doing those things instead of pretending to be busy.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 8 months ago

Exactly this. If I could occupy myself it would be great. Being paid to sit and stare at walls is a way to induce madness.

Truly I tell you, no matter what you were paid, you would scream to leave.

[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 8 months ago

Exactly. I had a shitty call centre job and would attempt to read during downtime but would be told no.

I’m not one to take that so I would push back saying so you want me to sit here and possibly zone out, rather than remain alert by reading. They wanted the former.

The other reason we want to be busy is because times goes faster.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

you can always do them in hiding

pretend you are writing some report

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