So, here’s the thing. For every ‘study’ and newly discovered ‘fact’ based on research (research that some creatively brilliant person concocted to get him/herself a whopping grant), there is another study saying the opposite.
Choose wisely.
You like coffee? Good, because there’s a lot of research now that says its good for you. And off on a tangent that could be another long essay but isn’t going to be: If you truly believe coffee is good for you, then it is. Your body responds to your thoughts. Now it’s been hard for people to believe coffee is good for them because of the inundation and obsession with discovering and announcing and advertising of every thing ‘bad’ for you… but okay, finally coffee is good for you. There ya go. If you don’t want to drink coffee, just don’t. Lay off the spiel of how bad it is for you. Nobody cares.
Back to the original tangent: Here’s where you can choose wisely in justifying your time at work.
Recent studies:
Study #1 Published in Chatelaine this month… study says that employees who take 15 minute breaks throughout the day by playing on their computer (games, surfing, facebook, etc.) ARE more productive than those who don’t.
Sudy #2 Recent study..(I think I have this one posted in previous post) says that employes who multi task -Ie; moving from email, to phone calls, to writing papers, to facebook, to …etc etc TAKE about 15 minutes transition time between each tasks, thus wasting billions of dollars for those poor employers. (do go find the link to this one… what I’ve said is just a tidbit)
Use #1 to justify computer play.
Use #2 to justify refusing more crap to your workload, or when you refuse to answer the phone, or the emails, or the front desk.
Get it? Whatever you want to do in your job, find the research (or make it up on the spot if necessary) to justify it. No doubt the research you make up will exist. You will intimidate your boss who likes to think he must be more ‘up’ on human resources than you since you are a lowly cubicle worker – but of course, he never does upgrade his knowledge and he knows it, so you will really intimidate him with this. or she if she’s a she.
Apparently some companies are constantly scanning everything you do on the computer. For them I wish bankruptcy and for you an incredible new opportunity. In the meantime, make sure some of your emails include the research that justifies what you do. Fun.
