People spend more than half their day doing busy work, according to survey of 10,000-plus workers
By | Jennifer Liu | www.cnbc.com
Office workers are spending more than half of their day doing busy work instead of the job they were actually hired for, according to a new survey of more than 10,600 global workers from Asana, a work management platform.
The annual work index, conducted in October 2021, found that people spent 58% of their day doing “work about work,” including communicating about work, searching for information, switching between apps, managing shifting priorities and chasing status updates.
Employees say they waste more than five hours a week, or a total of six working weeks each year, because of some of this busy work, including duplicate tasks and pointless meetings.
People say they spend about 33% of their days doing skilled work they were hired to do — an increase from the year prior. But they’re spending just 10% doing strategic planning that could make them better at their jobs.
Altogether, it’s leading to a lack of clarity around work and making burnout worse.
