“Overworked and Underestimated: How One Employee Turned a Punitive Lesson Into a Triumph!”
Working long hours doesn’t always give the best results. The average employee is truly productive for only a few hours every day
âVoucher Cloud,â which looked at the work habits of nearly 2,000 British employees, found that, on average, workers spend 2 hours and 53 minutes each day productively. The rest of the time is spent on work distractions.
According to the survey, employees spent around 25 minutes preparing and eating snacks and making tea.
Workers also spent 44 minutes throughout the workday checking social media, over an hour checking the news, 40 minutes talking about non-work stuff with their colleagues, and 14 minutes texting someone.
18 minutes were spent, on average, calling oneâs partners and friends. Meanwhile, your average employee also spent 26 minutesâyouâll never guess!âlooking for a new job.
(Side note: it would be healthier for everyone if the entire job market suddenly stopped pretending to look busy, worked enough to get good results, and could clock out to live their best lives. Many people are very good at working more efficiently than they let on in public. Work satisfaction would probably skyrocket if good results were actually rewarded!)
Do your managers reward you for efficiency, or do they punish you by giving you even more work, dear Pandas? How do you deal with situations where someone tries to burden you with overtime and busywork?
What do you think could help management and employees trust each other more? Have you ever walked around with random documents and a frown on your face to appear busy? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. Weâd like to hear your take on all of this.
The story made quite an impact on the online community. Here’s what some readers had to say about poor management
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