Imagine if you made no progress, day in and day out. None whatsoever This is the prelude to burnout for lots of people. It’s almost always circumstantial and l

Imagine if you made no progress, day in and day out. None whatsoever This is the prelude to burnout for lots of people. It’s almost always circumstantial and likely to be a result of decisions made by others, but the point is that making no progress sucks So from there you can conclude that sometimes people want to make more progress. They want to be a bit more productive sometimes, just to fill our needs for self actualisation a bit. I agree with your sentiment in the abstract, that it’s not up to workers to just maximize productivity for (really) no gain. Bosses want more output? That’s their problem. But sometimes just being a bit more productive is good for the mood! And some people have trouble for process reasons rather than external reasons.