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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Tiredworker27 on 2023-08-11 14:45:31.
Original Title: Our work load is getting ridiculous - I bet we do 2-3x more than people 40 or 50 years ago. Thats why they yould work more hours and be halthier and fitter - because the were working only at 50 or 60% work intensity all the time while we are at 90 or 100% all the time.
Every day I get around 100 Emails - 50 of those require some form of action from me or are new work loads by the boss. We are a skeleton crew, (the new normal in the business world) instead of 2-3 people which would be required do to the job properly - I am a one man "department". Then theres phone calls and zoom/teams calls. It just too much.
I cant imagine office work before those damn Emails. Sure everything took longer - but the only way you would get new work is directly by the people in your vicinity or if someone made a phone call. But since a phone call took at least some time and effort, people thought twice about calling.
Also with PCs we are much faster than 40 years ago. If the boss needed a list 40 years ago - it was enough to keep someone busy for the entire day because one had to go into the archive - search through the files - and summarize the information.
Now this is done within 10 or 20 minutes - and of to the next task you go. Technology has made working easier but instead of freeing workers - it just increased the workload. Work used to be slow - now its ultra fast and sadly getting faster.
Out of the 8 hours I am at the office (omiting lunch break) - I work nonstop for 7 hours and 40 Minutes. Just 20 Minutes are used for toilet breaks, stretching, getting water, loking out of the window and talking with colleagues.I bet people in the 80s worked at most 5-6 out of their 8 hours in the office. Hell they had wiskey dispensers at work during that era....
They also were not disturbed at vacations. Wen I am on vacation they still expect me to work parttime.