"The modern workplace is a hive of inactivity and low productivity"

[sadkingbilly]

So according to the chart we are 20% more productive than Japan, 5% more than Canada.

5% less than Germany.

The US however is 30% more efficient than Germany.

Seems odd that Japan the land of Kaizen and salarymen is so poor against us Brits and our cousins.

France is 15% more productive than us or the G7 despite years of strikes.

One sort of wonders if the measurement methodology is a bit off?

and - enter CUK's finest proponent of doing feck all except post pish on every 'working' day he has.

[jamesbrown]

Why do people post links to stories behind pay walls? But no summary of the story?

FWIW, the Torygraph paywall is nominal. Turn off javascript on your browser for that individual website and you'll get the substance, minus some pictures.

[PCTNN]

Yep, I can confirm that as well, especially the fact that the bigger the organisation and the worst this is.

In my career I only ever had 2 jobs/roles where I actually had to work full gas all the time and I did all I could to find a more chilled role pronto.

I can also add, and it won't be a surprise, that working in public sector will expose you to unseen and unbelievable levels of laziness.

[Keanu2020]

My last perm role was at a FTSE 5 - roughly 30% on HR task like 360's, 50% office politics to try and position for promotion, 15% Team away days and leave, and maybe 5% on actually doing the job.

[cojak]

It is something i noticed decades ago at big firms, over resourcing of projects.

Development teams of say 12 when only 4 or 5 are needed.

Probably middle managers empire building and looking important. And it looks good on the CV the bigger the team you had..

+1. British companies have this down to a fine art.

[SueEllen]

Yep, I can confirm that as well, especially the fact that the bigger the organisation and the worst this is.

In my career I only ever had 2 jobs/roles where I actually had to work full gas all the time and I did all I could to find a more chilled role pronto.

I can also add, and it won't be a surprise, that working in public sector will expose you to unseen and unbelievable levels of laziness.

I don't know some large companies are amazing with their levels of laziness and empire building. They make the public sector look like amateurs.

[ladymuck]

I don't know some large companies are amazing with their levels of laziness and empire building. They make the public sector look like amateurs.

They probably learned all they could from the public sector and expanded on it

[edison]

I don't know some large companies are amazing with their levels of laziness and empire building. They make the public sector look like amateurs.

Totally agree.

Having worked with many private sector companies from medium sized up to FTSE100 as well as several public sector and not for profit organisations, I can safely say that many people in the private sector would make any public sector staff blush at how little productive work they actually do. And get paid more too.

[TwoWolves]

I'm working for quite a small Co at the moment (~£100M) and the team was doing great until they hired a scrum master. Now we are in pointless meetings all-day and the scrum master is dictating technology choices (despite being woefully out of his depth in the field). This is where your productivity is going.

[WTFH]

... they hired... ...woefully out of his depth in the field...

Anyone else wondering if it's sasguru?