Re:The damaging effects of 'boreout' at work
by femto on Sunday July 11, 2021 @12:43AM
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> ..., no work to do,
Generally the case is that there is still way to much to do, so you can't do your own thing: but your assigned tasks are meaningless. Think of being paid to dig a hole and fill it in again, and you will be fired if you don't spend your time doing that, even though the net effect would be the same if you just did nothing.
The result is the double whammy of being burnt out by an avalanche of meaningless tasks.
Generally the case is that there is still way to much to do, so you can't do your own thing: but your assigned tasks are meaningless. Think of being paid to dig a hole and fill it in again, and you will be fired if you don't spend your time doing that, even though the net effect would be the same if you just did nothing.
The result is the double whammy of being burnt out by an avalanche of meaningless tasks.