Major employers are using surveillance tools to ensure that no matter where people work, they're at their computers — but polls suggest doing so is risky for morale. www.axios.com/2024/06/14/w...
I agree with this to a point, but workers are historically productive! At some point, it should be about more than just productivity. People's quality of life matters. It can't just be that we live in one long rat race to become ever more productive at the expense of everything else.
Yeah. Productivity is def a two-edged sword. I was meaning it in a positive way like I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing so don't micro manage my minutes, but it is surely used against folks by mgmt. Quality of life matters big time.
Also in nursing productivity is a pretty crap measurement because it only goes up/ reaches target with more patients and less staff. And more higher acuity patients. Encourages being understaffed.
Yes, we have so many productivity metrics and they miss a lot of interesting, worthwhile things people are doing. I'm tasked with checking people's productivity, but it's supposed to be within a range that is neither too high nor too low. Too high and I worry about burnout, which serves no one.
It’s a loop too. Poor quality of life reduces productivity. And most people feel good about being meaningfully productive (not pro forma corporate productivity).
