If you look at your own day at the office, don’t these office maths make sense?<\/p>\n
8:00am
\n\u2022\u00a0Enter the office building.
\n\u2022\u00a0Drop your stuff in your office and head to the coffee maker.
\n\u2022\u00a0Chat with a co-worker about last night\u2019s game
\n\u2022\u00a0Make coffee \u2013 it\u2019s already empty
\n\u2022\u00a0Look for creamer \u2013 where is the damn creamer?
\n\u2022\u00a0Go to the supplies cabinet. Find old creamer and dump it in your coffee. Gag a few times and complain to everyone around you.
\n\u2022\u00a0Get sidetracked on the way back to your office. A co-worker wants you to check out their new truck. \u201cNice wheels\u201d\u009d you say.<\/p>\n
9:00am
\n\u2022\u00a0Plop down in a meeting.
\n\u2022\u00a0What\u2019s this meeting about, anyway?
\n\u2022\u00a0Listen with one ear while daydreaming about the weekend.<\/p>\n
9:30
\n\u2022\u00a0Update meeting participants about your project (START THE CLOCK)<\/p>\n
9:35
\n\u2022\u00a0Go back to daydreaming. (STOP THE CLOCK)<\/p>\n
10:00
\n\u2022\u00a0Go to the bathroom
\n\u2022\u00a0Run to next meeting<\/p>\n
10:05
\n\u2022\u00a0Chat with co-workers while waiting for everyone else to show up<\/p>\n
10:15 10:45 11:00 11:05 11:10 11:30 1:00 In a Traditional Workplace, it looks like that dude already put in 5 hours of work!<\/p>\n In a ROWE, all\u00c2\u00a0 that dude did was put in exactly 40 minutes of work and wasted 4 hours and 20 minutes displaying\u00c2\u00a0presenteeism.<\/p>\n Next time someone says, \u201cI put in 60 hours last week!\u201d\u009d you can roll your eyes, because they are probably using Traditional Workplace Math.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0Start meeting
\n\u2022\u00a0Solve issue with last night\u2019s logistics snafu (START THE CLOCK)
\n\u2022\u00a0Give update to team on upcoming shipment<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0Blackberry rings \u2013 step out of meeting to take a call from child\u2019s school. (STOP THE CLOCK)<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0Go to your office<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0Begin looking at emails (START THE CLOCK)<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0Get interrupted by manager \u2013 asks you what you think about this crazy weather. (STOP THE CLOCK)<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0Head to non-working lunch<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0Back in the office.<\/p>\n