We Need To Redefine Productivity

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Knock knock.

Who is it?

It’s me and I’ve got an unpopular opinion.

Unpopular to who?

Hustle culture and the corporate environment.

What does it mean to be productive?

The Cambridge Dictionary defines productivity as “the rate at which a person, company or country does useful work”.

Sounds simple, but pretty vague. What is considered useful and what isn’t?

The Cambridge Dictionary has also got a second definition which is a little more detailed, thereby productivity means:

“the rate at which a company or country makes goods, usually judged in connection with the number of people and the amount of materials necessary to produce the goods”.

Now we’re getting somewhere.

Productivity is all about how much a company can get out of you.

We are considered productive when we create more sales, answer more e-mails, take on more work. We are considered productive when we do over hours and don’t take any days off from work.