The crux of performative productivity, in my opinion, comes down to the aged debate of hours vs output.

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Our obsession with salaried hours and time in the workplace may have made perfect sense on the factory floors of the industrial revolution, but makes little sense in the days of modern hybrid work patterns. I’d ask, does an hourly working week really make sense anymore?

I know very few people that work less than their specified hours. I know a lot of people who work significantly more for no additional financial reward.

And still, from many businesses' perspectives, the hours are what matter. Funny how it matters mostly if the number is under the contract but has become almost an expectation that the number be higher than contracted. And herein lies performance productivity.

Those who work the longest, those who show up the most often, those who go ‘above and beyond’ are the ones that get noticed.

The biggest failure of leaders and businesses in this age........

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