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Re:Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying ... by Apocryphon on Sunday April 19, 2015 @04:15PM (#9404687)
But it's inevitable that any job will involve some amount of busy-work. Such is the nature of work.

Busy-work isn't unproductive work- at least, not to the organization. Busy-work is work that the organization needs to have done, but the individual does not find interesting or satisfying to do. Any company is going to require busy-work.

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Re:Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying ... by gnaritas on Sunday April 19, 2015 @05:06PM (#9404876)
> Busy-work isn't unproductive work

That's exactly what it is.

> Busy-work is work that the organization needs to have done, but the individual does not find interesting or satisfying to do.

That is not what the term means. Busy work: work that keeps a person busy but has little value in itself. What you're describing is simply boring work. If the work is useful, it is by definition not busy work.

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