Fake Work
Time to Shine A Light on Management that Sucks
Fake work is like putting on a show or performance. It’s doing things that make you look busy, but these tasks don’t really help the company. This can happen when you’re stuck in unnecessary meetings, writing reports nobody reads, or working on projects that never get off the ground.
Poor management often causes this fake work with poor planning, which leaves people feeling frustrated.It’s also a world of pretense at work.
Let’s take a research scientist as an example. He started a job at a tech company full of hope. He wanted to use his machine learning skills to push the limits of AI.
But that dream quickly turned into a disappointing maze of confusion and dissatisfaction. Despite his big paycheck, he felt wasted and aimless. Soon, he found himself on a performance improvement plan.
But then, he got a chance to work on a new project. It seemed promising, and he poured himself into it. But it turned out that the project was never meant to be launched. That was the last straw. He left the company.
This reality of fake work is getting more and more common in the tech industry. Many tech employees draw huge salaries while they maintain a facade of…
