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[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I am productive for less than an hour a day. I don't do anything. I have nothing to do. I drive for an hour each way to sit and do absolutely nothing so I can feed and house my family.

Some days I have to convince myself not to drive my truck into something at 85 mph. No person is meant to live like this.

[–] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

The alienation of labor is real. Hang in there, we'll need you when things get better.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can't you do something yoh like for the rest of the time? (I don't mean LITERALLY the other 7 hours xD) Like reading, learning to draw, ~~learn Thai on duolingo~~ etc.

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I try. I can't really look like I'm not working or I'll get in trouble. Sometimes I read, but that gets boring after a while.

[–] loveluvieah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I relate to you. I only have about 2ish hours of actual work a day on average, and I have to drag it out all day just to look busy. I never expected that it would feel soul sucking to have so little work but still be chained to your desk. I thought I was lucky! (And I certainly am in someways)

The irony is that when I first started, I was efficient and would read when I didn't have anything to work on. But my boss didn't like to see me reading, so he would give me more work. The issue is that there is only so much he can do at a time, so it resulted in me finishing assignments, and him being so overloaded he wouldn't get to them until weeks or months later. Now I just pretend to be busy, so he doesn't feel like he needs to give me more, and I'm not having to remind him of documents in review that are weeks old.

Sorry for the rant, I am currently sitting here pretending to be busy while slowly dying inside.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

I agree! I've spent years perfecting the art of looking busy, and that makes my free time more enjoyable. Although there still are rough days.

[–] Konstant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

How do they pay you to do nothing?

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 hours ago

My last job was like that. I was needed for about an hour a week. I just sat and listened to podcasts all day every day.

My current job, I do about an hour a day, and outperform all of my colleagues. Luckily I’m at home most of the time and just lay in bed watching things all day with my cats. When I have to go into the office, it’s painful.

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

That's a fantastic question. The company is foreign owned and it's just a sales office. The CEO is a fantastical liar that hides things well, and firing a bunch of people would not look good for him. As long as we are making a profit, no one really analyzes how much fat could be trimmed. I don't even care if it were me to get laid off either. Actually, please lay me off.

[–] mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

It’s fairly common. We have a team of 11 people that does the work of half a person. The 8 person team I’m on now does less work than I did by myself 2 years ago on a different team between those 2 teams, there are also 4 managers