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Targetpractice1/12/2022 9:43:44 am PST

re: #232 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

We are still stuck in a 19-century views of productivity as measured in how many times you pull the lever at your workstation in the factory.

A GF told me bout one of her jobs at a credit card call center where managers stood behind people with stopwatches to time how long they spent taking calls.

Productivity in modern companies can no longer be monitored or measured using those parameters. And yes, an awful lot of it does not have to be done in any one particular place.

Like I noted the other day, the biggest driving force behind this “back in the office” movement are middle-management who are desperate to justify their job titles. Why? Because productivity is the same or higher than it was pre-pandemic, but without the office pizza parties, the “team-building exercises,” or the constant bullying.