Slack report reveals that Japan is among the top 3 countries spending time on ``useless work that just makes it look busy''
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Employees in Asia are spending the most time looking busy at work
Slack partnered with Qualtrics to conduct a survey of 'organizational productivity', 'automation' and 'flexibility' of more than 18,000 employees in 9 countries.
The study looked at the time employees in each country spent on 'performative work' as opposed to 'productive work.' About 'performative work' Derek Rainey, Slack's technology evangelist in the Asia-Pacific region, said, 'It is not productive work such as decision-making or dealing with problems faced, but it is work such as 'presenting results as a team.' It refers to formal work,” and defines formal work as “work that looks busy only at first glance.”
The results of ranking the percentage of time employees spent on 'performative work' by country are as follows. The survey revealed that employees in India, Japan and Singapore spend more time on performative tasks such as presenting results than the global average.
| rank | Country name | ratio |
| 1 | India | 43% |
| 2 | Japan | 37% |
| 3 | Singapore | 36% |
| Four | France | 31% |
| Five | England | 30% |
| 6 | Australia | 29% |
| 7 | Germany | 29% |
| 8 | America | 28% |
| 8 | South Korea | 28% |
Also, the ranking by country for the percentage of time spent on productive work is below. As you can see, employees in Japan, Singapore and India spend less time on productive work than other countries.
| rank | Country name | ratio |
| 1 | South Korea | 72% |
| 2 | Australia | 71% |
| 2 | Germany | 71% |
| 2 | America | 71% |
| Five | England | 70% |
| 6 | France | 69% |
| 7 | Japan | 63% |
| 7 | Singapore | 63% |
| 9 | India | 57% |
``Leaders in companies such as Japan and Singapore seem to be evaluating employees based on visible activities rather than achievements,'' Rainey said. ``The result is that employees waste time trying to look good only in front of their leaders,'' he said.
In addition, it has been pointed out that this evaluation may put pressure on employees, such as 'I have to work longer' and 'I have to respond to emails immediately even outside of working hours.' In fact, about 70% of the employees who conducted the survey answered, ``Work productivity will improve if meetings and emails are reduced.''
Slack research reports that visible activity metrics, such as the amount of time spent online and the number of emails sent, rank among the top ways company leaders measure employee productivity. It has been. On the other hand, many of the employees of the companies we surveyed reported that they wanted to be evaluated based on their performance, rather than being evaluated by visible activity indicators.
Mr. Rainey said, 'Companies need to explore new ways of working and evaluation methods. Also, by adopting a work style that is left to individual employees rather than meeting-centered work, it will result in an effective workplace. It may encourage more meaningful collaborations.”
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