I work at job where I am a developer. The problem is they made me do other jobs as well. There was one situation that took me out of the usual roles and obliga

I work at job where I am a developer. The problem is they made me do other jobs as well. There was one situation that took me out of the usual roles and obligations (meetings etc.) and made me just a developer. Who would have known, I managed to get done 10x the amount of work that time. Maybe even 100x. How much potential is wasted on distracting your employees from the one task they should actually be doing at that point?