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Is it immoral to only spend 50% of the time at work productively?

2 pointsby ujjainover 6 years ago
I feel that people often make a big deal of somebody using 5 minutes of Facebook a day during the boss&#x27; time. I have the feeling that the average person only works 3 hours effective per hour, most people don&#x27;t do that much and lie to themselves.<p>Should I feel bad for feeling that I should not feel bad about spending 4 hours a day productively as I still seem to get paid more and be more productive than most other colleagues.<p>At school I was told that when people start working their office work, that they work so hard and people have it so bad, but I feel lots of us are being extremely moralistic and hyper-critical of others, making them feel quilty, while being quiet lazy themselves.<p>Should I really work my ass of 8 hours per hour or should I just feel good with myself if with working 4 hours per week the results are better than average anyway?

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eksemplarover 6 years ago
I don’t think it’s immoral, but I do think being unproductive is fairly boring. I mean, I’m in bed with the flu, and I’m extremely bored shuffling through social media. I can’t for the life of me imagine why you’d rather spend time on Facebook than working on something, assuming you have an interesting job.<p>If I’m engaged with something productive, it’ll make 8 hours feel like 4, if I’m trolling social media it’ll make 4 hours feel like 8.<p>Most people aren’t productive for 8 hours a day though, I think 4 is probably the low average, but not by much.
throwaway5250over 6 years ago
There are very few jobs that allow one to be productive most of the day (and almost invariably they are low-paying). This is indeed shocking to discover in your first jobs after college, etc.<p>Rather than goofing on FB, I&#x27;d look for ways to learn new skills (that ideally somehow might help your employer in the future). Or, alternatively, to find side projects that might aid the organization.<p>Ultimately it&#x27;s your manager&#x27;s job to determine whether you&#x27;re sufficiently productive. Not yours.