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If I subtract the time I spend checking my social media while pretending to work, I'm probably already doing a 32 hour work week...

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This grinds my gears. I'm a part time at my office (govt contractor), and do more work in 20 hours than some others on my team do in 40. Restrictions on firing underperformers put us in the position of "needing" 40 hours in the workweek.

Let’s give them the benefit and say they get all their expected tasks done in that 32 hours.

What’s disappointing is wasting that time on social media, when those extra 8 hours could be to improve a process, do some self-learning, mentoring, research… at least, that’s what I do if what I need to get done doesn’t fill the week.

Or you know; you could have a healthier work life balance whilst getting that same level of work done in the 32 hours.

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