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Why would you ever measure butt-in-seat time for a data entry job when you could, you know, just measure the amount of data being entered?
by eptcyka 4y ago
Why would you ever measure butt-in-seat time for a data entry job when you could, you know, just measure the amount of data being entered?
- twodave 4y agoConvenience for managers is the only reason I can imagine, but I'm sure there are some others. I.e. you can easily tell who's working/not by looking around vs having to get somebody to build you a recurring report or whatever. Not necessarily an optimal choice in any of the cases.
- SuoDuanDao 4y agoOne other is if you're a consultancy and you're billing out 10X Tommy at the same rate as .1X Oswald. We don't always care about productivity!
- reidjs 4y agoSometimes the act of measuring productivity requires the same amount of work as just doing the job