[cratermoon]

Busyness is not productivity. But organizations have a history of using metrics that measure 'busyness' when they say they are measuring productivity. Things like how often you are seen at the water cooler or chatting with a co-worker, how quickly you respond to communications, how quickly can you be reached, any time, anywhere, whenever someone wants to reach you.

https://maxfrenzel.medium.com/in-praise-of-deep-work-full-di...

[jfrunyon]

The best part is how many places expect you to be both constantly busy and also constantly immediately available.

[cratermoon]

> constantly busy and also constantly immediately available

It sort of makes sense when you realize that "busy", in that context, just refers to the kind of busywork that can be interrupted without loss.

[mgh2]

I hope remote work fixes this by getting rid of the bs.

[cratermoon]

Pretty sure that this story is about exactly the opposite.