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A lot of managers are more concerned with A-I-S time than what is actually done while you are in that seat. “Because when the client walks the floor he wants to see what he is paying for.” Only thing is the best work is done collaboratively and you cannot work in a team alone…unless you are online in a virtual meeting, but no one likes people to speak at the volume of collaboration in their cube. So, we are at an impasse if everyone is brought back into the office settings that previously worked for no one. If you want the best solution allow teams to meet in person or online and make the communication the key to productive interaction. Don’t make the time in the seat the key indicator, because it’s not, make the outcome the indicator. What is the result is far more important than the time spent in a chair so that as someone who may or may not be walking by is pleased with their expense. There is time for that, but it isn’t the key to the success of many work environments.

Here's a novel idea that exists in other functioning countries around the world: THE 4 DAY WORK WEEK for the office work force, and hell, ANY work force that wants it. And no, NOT a salary cut, folks. We are living in a time in history where society is more productive than any other time in history. All of these companies preach the broken record of their wonderful "work-life balance"? prove it.

Maybe if management actually managed instead of sitting in their office and shuffling papers they would know what the workers are doing and they wouldn’t have this problem if you get up off your butt and go to your selling floor or whatever you are and look to see what your what your coworkers are doing you would know what is doing instead of waiting till the last minute and then posting something that is so so ridiculous

I think the issue is, as workers become experts at their job it takes less time and effort to produce results. But the top still wants to see a hustle. If the results are there who cares what they do if it’s slow. Trust your team. If results suffer then it’s time to evaluate what everyone is doing. But before you come down on the middle man or the little man, the top needs to look inward first.

That doesn’t work in the construction industry everyone is on the move at all times. If you are standing still you are most likely in someone else’s way… If you are slow on getting a bid out you probably lost the job and potentially the money that was needed to keep you and possibly many others working.. Don’t see that happening in the construction industry..

'Tis ever been so. A manager is a manager. He manages. I'm a programmer. I program. If I'm sitting there staring at a screen in motionless silence for an hour, that doesn't mean I'm not working. I'm searching for a problem that is not obvious. There is only one way to do that. By searching for it. But most manager will take that as, "Oh, he's got nothing to do and they'll even *assign* busy-work - just to get me moving. As if I didn't have enough work. For us on the receiving end, it's a *defense mechanism*. Is it wasteful? Heck yes! I've got to break off what I'm doing and pretend I'm working for five minutes to shake the manager, and then I've got to go back and try to board the train of thought I had to jump off. That little five-minute visit will likely cost me a couple of *hours* of productive work. I've had a lot of professions in my life, and they're all the same. At this point in the space-time continuum where work-from-home is eminently viable for *many* professions, I'm pretty sure that the only reason people are still required to go to an office and sit at a desk is so that it's easy for the manager to find you and shoot you in the back of the head, should that amuse him/her.

I can definitely relate to this idea of "fauxductivity." When I was first promoted to a management role, I felt completely out of my depth, thrown into the lion's den, and I was faking it. I didn’t have the confidence or experience to truly lead, so I focused on looking busy, trying to prove I was worthy of the position. It took years of mistakes and learning on the job to find my footing. But the pressure to "perform" stayed with me, and I can see how it held me back from being fully effective. It’s a tough balance—appearing productive versus truly making an impact. Confidence comes with time, but it’s easy to fall into the trap of busywork just to feel like you belong.

Being there *IS* part of the job. Anyone not actively working on a project is still not at home with their kids, grabbing a beer with their friends, getting a pedicure, etc. No, they're at a place they'd probably rather not be at because part of the job *IS* being there.

you just noticed? lol when i was working at a travel agency, i would get calls from people faking to go to the washroom only to call us and book their vacation.. sometimes calls would be an hour long... and they're in the washroom; people would be in there offices, but calling us to make booking arrangments, they would all say the same thing " i'm really not supposed to be doing this while at work, but might as well get paid if i'm going to be spending money" and they would laugh lol and I think this is why RTO is coming back with a force... ,but not to worry for some, as we all got sleeves... and we know how to use them.