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There will always be a need for some multi-taskers. Some are better at it than others. Not everyone is the same. Office secretaries/assistants/receptionists a
by starkd 4y ago
There will always be a need for some multi-taskers. Some are better at it than others. Not everyone is the same. Office secretaries/assistants/receptionists are the heartbeat of any business.
- flir 4y agoMy line manager multitasks so I don't have to.
- chiefalchemist 4y agoIt's still a productivity killer. Full stop. And unless the work is literally a matter of life or death, then excessive multitasking - to point you list it as a desired skill - is simply a sign of poor planning, poor priority setting, and so on. The job ad might as well say, "Must enjoy working at a shit show, or at least has had a life-long dream of working at a circus."
- starkd 4y agoahhh, but the planning and priority setting is a part of the multi-tasking. No one said multi-tasking must be a circus. That said, I am terrible at multi-tasking. But we really do need to do some to some degree.
- antisthenes 4y agoYou can't multitask deep work.
- Gud 4y agoSo what? Must work is not deep work.
- chiefalchemist 4y agoWell, it's not (read: can't be)...if you're always multitasking. Multitasking from the brain's POV is intensive and a form of distraction. If it's work, then chances are some level of focus and attentiveness is required. Deep or not, work is work. And focusing the brain to be not-what-it's-wired-to-be is a proven fool's errand.