In the meanwhile, I also talked with a friend who works outside of IT… I forgot what exactly she does, but she now has to work with five or six clients in parallel, carefully dividing each day in approximately one-hour chunks, because each of them requires to see some daily progress. This would drive me crazy.
Okay, so it definitely seems not limited to IT.
I still disagree that it is US-specific, though. (This friend of mine, also not an American.) There are many global companies; if they learn they can squeeze some extra work out of workers in one country, they are going to re-use the strategy in other countries, too.
Thanks for the data. This sucks.
In the meanwhile, I also talked with a friend who works outside of IT… I forgot what exactly she does, but she now has to work with five or six clients in parallel, carefully dividing each day in approximately one-hour chunks, because each of them requires to see some daily progress. This would drive me crazy.
Okay, so it definitely seems not limited to IT.
I still disagree that it is US-specific, though. (This friend of mine, also not an American.) There are many global companies; if they learn they can squeeze some extra work out of workers in one country, they are going to re-use the strategy in other countries, too.