Comments on: Be Productive, Read This At Work http://blachan.com/blog/be-productive-read-this-at-work/ Freshly Ground Shrimp Sun, 24 Oct 2010 04:54:09 +0400 hourly 1 By: Nadia http://blachan.com/blog/be-productive-read-this-at-work/#comment-37 Nadia Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:38:18 +0000 http://blachan.com/?p=172#comment-37 Ok, but if "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”, then that means that if I have a longer amount of time to do my work, I will take all the time available to me to complete it. So if I have less time to get the work done I'll still finish it because I have to. But I'm not actually get more work done either way, as in Im only more productive becasue Im doing the same amount of work in less time, not becasue Im getting more work done. Assuming that Ive understood this correctly, the statistics are actually a bit deceiving. Ok, but if “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”, then that means that if I have a longer amount of time to do my work, I will take all the time available to me to complete it. So if I have less time to get the work done I’ll still finish it because I have to. But I’m not actually get more work done either way, as in Im only more productive becasue Im doing the same amount of work in less time, not becasue Im getting more work done. Assuming that Ive understood this correctly, the statistics are actually a bit deceiving.

]]> By: Abdullah Arif http://blachan.com/blog/be-productive-read-this-at-work/#comment-33 Abdullah Arif Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:44:30 +0000 http://blachan.com/?p=172#comment-33 Yeah, I agree with Kareem. In fact, there's a law for what you're stating, called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law" rel="nofollow">Parkinson's law</a>, that says "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion." I find myself unable to accomplish any work unless faced with imminent and strict deadlines. That, and I think you'd feel less micromanaged and more appreciative of your superiors when they loosen their grip and trust your honesty and work ethic, which might prompt you to reciprocate by being productive. Yeah, I agree with Kareem. In fact, there’s a law for what you’re stating, called Parkinson’s law, that says “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”

I find myself unable to accomplish any work unless faced with imminent and strict deadlines. That, and I think you’d feel less micromanaged and more appreciative of your superiors when they loosen their grip and trust your honesty and work ethic, which might prompt you to reciprocate by being productive.

]]> By: Kareem http://blachan.com/blog/be-productive-read-this-at-work/#comment-29 Kareem Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:23:53 +0000 http://blachan.com/?p=172#comment-29 I wonder if the basic premise is this: people slack off at work for a couple of hours, realize belatedly that they're about to hit a deadline, and then scamper off in a flurry of work to get things done. But yes, now you have a scientific argument for how to unblock Facebook at work. I wonder if the basic premise is this: people slack off at work for a couple of hours, realize belatedly that they’re about to hit a deadline, and then scamper off in a flurry of work to get things done.

But yes, now you have a scientific argument for how to unblock Facebook at work.

]]> By: Nadia http://blachan.com/blog/be-productive-read-this-at-work/#comment-24 Nadia Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:15:06 +0000 http://blachan.com/?p=172#comment-24 How? Why? Is this the kind of information I could use to mess around with Facebook while I should be working? Seriously though, I think that's an interesting discovery because what companies used to do (this started in Japan) was get there employees to do stretching excersises during the work-day. Now it's turning into net-surfing. I think that's a pretty bad sign. How? Why? Is this the kind of information I could use to mess around with Facebook while I should be working?
Seriously though, I think that’s an interesting discovery because what companies used to do (this started in Japan) was get there employees to do stretching excersises during the work-day. Now it’s turning into net-surfing. I think that’s a pretty bad sign.

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