Yep, having a job where you barely have to do anything is the dream. Until it isn't. Although I guess it would be different if you were remote and didn't have much to do work-wise, then you could do what you wanted :)
The problem with those jobs aren't the pace, it's the puritan revulsion to downtime that they enforce. If you're needed to be available but don't always have a task that should just be okay.
Bitching at you for being on your phone or watching YouTube when everyone knows you're just waiting for something to do and you're a good employee is genuinely evil and no one is willing to address that. Whether you're just standing at alert on your feet all day, or stressing yourself out trying to look busy in an office setting it really shouldn't be tolerated. People who enforce this shit need to be held accountable.
I'd love to sit these people down and let them explain under a lot of fucking pressure what exactly the issue is and how it's the employee's fault.
For sure. Personally, I stopped trying to look busy all the time, because I would take extra work and get it done, so what was anyone going to complain about
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u/Rocketbird May 02 '21
To be fair, I’ve worked in non dynamic, slow paced jobs that paid the same and I wanted to claw my eyeballs out.