00:00 One recent study is focused on the hustle culture in the workplace and whether it actually
00:04 leads to meaningful company results.
00:07 A survey conducted by workplace messaging app Slack reveals concerning trends in how
00:12 employees are managing their time and productivity.
00:16 Three out of five workers surveyed said that they feel they need to have an actively online
00:20 status even when they're not actually working.
00:23 The study, released in June, did not include how many employees admitted to this behavior,
00:29 but over 18,000 employers and employees in nine countries were part of the study.
00:34 But it also highlights what many employees say is a reality, that over 40% of meetings
00:40 could be eliminated without any real impacts.
00:43 This raises the question about inefficiency and how some companies use their employees'
00:47 time.
00:48 The State of Work report revealed that nearly a third of employees' time is spent on performative
00:53 work that doesn't contribute to the company or the team's goals.
00:58 But it says that bosses seem to like the busy work, with nearly 30% of leaders saying that
01:03 visibility and activity metrics were the most important measures of productivity.
01:08 This metric ranked higher than costs and achieving KPIs and goals.
01:12 For some time, this hustle culture led to workers quitting, but now with fears of a
01:16 looming recession, it's back.
01:19 But those that ran the study didn't find a correlation between performative work and
01:23 visibility metrics and actual productivity gains.
01:26 Raising questions about the effectiveness of hustle culture in achieving meaningful
01:31 results.
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