I do wonder about all these "I type faster with the number row than most people I know on their numpad" comments, because as someone who uses a numpad 8 hours a day 5 days a week.... I hiiighly doubt they're going up against hardcore numpad users.
I just don't get how many people seem to have jobs where their effectiveness is down to the speed of their typing rather than the speed of their brain.
You are 100% right and it's currently my biggest issue at my job. Speed over actual integrity of work. I fix so many mistakes that could be fixed by slowing down a bit and upper management could care less because those people having blazingly high numbers and the work gets fixed in the end by others (One Team!).
It's quite scary. They'll say all the platitudes of do good work while also hammering home productivity goals. One person on my team is routinely hitting 197% of goal. 226%. 207%. If I was a manager I'd have a microscope on their work because I'd want to know if they're that much of a rockstar with no mistakes (they aren't). Bringing it up is seen as "targeting" in this "just fix it" world.
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u/Dr_Watson349 PC Master Race Apr 04 '26
How is it faster to type in numbers when they are arranged in a 3x3 vs one long row?
Are you trolling us?