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[–] [email protected] 98 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

The expectation that people in office jobs can be productive for 8 hours per day.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

I am productive for less than an hour a day. I don't do anything. I have nothing to do. I drive for an hour each way to sit and do absolutely nothing so I can feed and house my family.

Some days I have to convince myself not to drive my truck into something at 85 mph. No person is meant to live like this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

How do they pay you to do nothing?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

My last job was like that. I was needed for about an hour a week. I just sat and listened to podcasts all day every day.

My current job, I do about an hour a day, and outperform all of my colleagues. Luckily I’m at home most of the time and just lay in bed watching things all day with my cats. When I have to go into the office, it’s painful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

It’s fairly common. We have a team of 11 people that does the work of half a person. The 8 person team I’m on now does less work than I did by myself 2 years ago on a different team between those 2 teams, there are also 4 managers

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

That's a fantastic question. The company is foreign owned and it's just a sales office. The CEO is a fantastical liar that hides things well, and firing a bunch of people would not look good for him. As long as we are making a profit, no one really analyzes how much fat could be trimmed. I don't even care if it were me to get laid off either. Actually, please lay me off.

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