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May 05, 2010 12:55

Dear Workplace: Yes, I know; financially these are hard times, and I'm lucky to have a job. I appreciate that. However, if you drive me completely batshit-insane with your 'Productivity Worksheet' bullshit, I'll end up wearing a stylish jacket with way too many straps and occupying a rubber room. So please: quit with the incredibly frustrating ( Read more... )

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lil_1337 May 5 2010, 22:54:15 UTC

*hugs* I hate crap like that. You would be more productive if you weren't wasting time telling them how productive you are.

ysabet May 6 2010, 00:38:36 UTC

No shit. Am home now, in a foul mood, and planning to sulk in the bathtub very shortly. It'd be less frustrating if we didn't all have the feeling that our jobs were on the line here; my workplace has been awesome many times in the past, but it's the Quagmire Of Doom right now.

Part of the really, really frustrating bit is that they're asking us to account for all eight hours of our workday-- but the section where we're supposed to write it out in has already had 60 hours per quarter taken out due to the leave we're supposed to be taking. That drops it down to a pinch over 7 hours per day, in which we are STILL supposed to account for our full workday. I pointed this out. Apparently, I made no friends in doing so. But.... AAARGH. Yes, frustrated.

lil_1337 May 6 2010, 00:52:45 UTC

Wtf? Seriously? How the hell is that mathematically doable? It does sound like someone just kicked this thing out without thinking it through. Bet they wasted a lot of time being unproductive doing it.

t_c_da May 5 2010, 23:05:08 UTC

The Id10ts that design those sorts of things never realise that the process of 'measuring' productivity actually detracts from the productivity they're trying to measure.

I love your metaphor of setting the air on fire with the rapidity of your departure...

ysabet May 6 2010, 00:43:30 UTC

**groan** Very true. And the idiot who designed it is my BOSS.

And thankyew re: the metaphor. If I ever DO win the lottery, you should be able to hear my scream of triumph from here.

t_c_da May 6 2010, 01:01:34 UTC

is my BOSS.

Oh dear!

I guess I'm lucky in my twilight years to have a boss who is a)700km away, and b) is the most relaxed Financial Controller I've ever come across. She more often than not gets annoyed at & frustrated by silly rules and processes that have no productive purpose...

Hope that bathtub is nice and relaxing!

mel_redcap May 6 2010, 00:35:50 UTC

Oh, is that the one where you spend ages itemising and writing down codes for exactly how many minutes you spent doing whatever... yet there's no code for "I spent ten minutes doing this dumb thing"?

*hugs* You have my COMPLETE sympathies!

ysabet May 6 2010, 00:44:35 UTC

Exactly that. EXACTLY. And thank you. **hugs back**

tinitinytina May 6 2010, 00:59:07 UTC

It must be make-your-employees-batshit-crazy day. *hugs* Feel your pain! While we haven't quite resorted to productivity worksheets yet, I am now supposed to be in at least 3 meetings a day...b/c meetings are supposed to solve problems.

*smacks head against wall*

But, heh, don't know how you'd take this, but I'm now unwinding by rereading your awesome fics. :)

ytak May 6 2010, 02:57:09 UTC

Oh, yeah, we have that but we call it an "Activity Report." I love it (drips with sarcasm). I've spent days looking up just a few things and my numbers look small, like I haven't been doing anything. Get this, we have to submit this week's tomorrow morning and -guess- for the rest of the week's numbers! Hah! Then, Friday, we submit the real numbers but they want the fake ones for some sort of weekly meeting. The bosses, that is. Jerks. I'd like to see theirs.