I find in my office job – I waste so much time and no one seems to care.
Until recently we were working in cubicles, and even though I’d often just read the news without caring, my supervisor would just use that as a reason to find new tasks to do. And I am often given the most ridiculous tasks that are completely pointless – Eg write down all the barcode numbers for the storage boxes, or a task I haven’t even been explained what to do Eg “carry on with archiving” so I have to make up tasks for myself.
Anyway now with a COVID resurgence, senior management gets to work from home (lucky them). And while I still need to come into the office I and my coworkers now squat in the management’s offices to reduce the spread of someone is sick. (Not that I would get paid as casual for staying home when I do get sick).
So anyway, now I have my own space with no one watching over me I do even less work. Scanning a large folder that would take 10 mins max, I just bring my phone with me, text my friends and take 50 minutes. Most of the time sitting at my desk I’ll just read the news, and do almost no work.
The surprising thing is no one notices. And even if they did notice, no one cares. The problem with getting stuff done is management is like “wow that was fast, do these extra things”.
I honestly hate my job, and being unproductive seems to be a way of coping with being somewhere I don’t want to, to kill time until I’m free to live my own life again.