3 ms·

Is it that work expands to fill the time allocated, or is it that the time allocated isn’t enough for completion because it was decided by people who have no id

• n_ary 2y ago
  It is more of, management decided that they want to feel involved, so they added more meetings on top of unrealistic deadlines to fillup all hours, so it appears that we actually need more time or employees are working less, because now deadlines are not being met and output/productivity is low.
• welcomebear 2y ago
  If you ask me to draw you a picture of a cat, I can do that. If you give me 30 seconds, it’ll be a doodle, maybe drawn in coffee-stain on a napkin but I’ll get you your cat. Give me 30 minutes and it’ll be on a piece of paper by pen or pencil. Give me 30 hours and I’ll give you several thumbnail sketches with options to choose from, maybe some more exotic mediums like highlighter on a sunny window. Maybe some documentation to go along with it. Give me 30 days and I’ll get some art supplies, maybe do some research into popular cat drawing styles, we’ll workshop it a few times. I’ll make a cat drawing design document for the next cat drawer. Give me 30 months and I’ll take some classes and study cats, we’ll make the best damned cat picture anyone’s ever seen and we’ll build this thing out to be scalable, the foundation for a drawing powerhouse of the animal drawing industry. Give me 30 years and I’ll dedicate my career to creating a series of cat drawings that will change art and the human perspective forever or I’ll die trying. As long as I’m getting paid, I’m fine with any of these options, you just gotta let me know when you need it by.