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If you work in an environment where you're expected to be busy at all times even without much to do - well.. things like this come in handy.
by Aloha 7y ago
If you work in an environment where you're expected to be busy at all times even without much to do - well.. things like this come in handy.
- chaostheory 7y agoI agree. I'm just questioning the management logic of being "expected to be busy at all times even without much to do". I remember some papers linking boredom and leisure activity with creativity. Creativity is important for programming.
- Aloha 7y agoI'm expected to appear busy ;-)
- conductr 7y agoOnce had a well paying job that I kind of got tired of not having much to do (long story: tried to quit, offered to be available on contract basis, nope they gave me awesome retention bonus, was asked to just stick around until company does X Y Z). Anyway I came in late, took 2 hour lunch, left early. Still was tired of being bored and was all caught up on YouTube. Got to the point I just told boss I’m not playing this pretend work game anymore, in fact I’m not even going to check my email anymore, call me when you need something from me. I did about 2-4 hours of work per month for several months. Picked up another job, eventually the company had done XYZ and they paid me retention and a 12 month severance. Never understood any of it, but didn’t complain.