We accept a lot of stupid things at work. Too much of the job is checking emails, spending too much time in meetings, and having to fight fires due to lack of obvious planning are three that come to mind. I’m willing to bet that if you ask anybody about these they would agree that they hate them.
Work does not have to suck and we don’t have to keep doing stupid things. We are in a rut, and we think this is the way it is. We don’t want to make waves and “that’s why it is called work”.
It would be nice if “management” would fix it but they are just like the rest of us and don’t realize it does not have to be this way. We can fix it. We can carve out improvements in our little area of influence and make our job a little better. And when others see you are less stressed you can tell them how you did it. Over time we can create a groundswell of a better way to work.
“I don’t have time to work on productivity, I’m too busy”. This is the exact time that you need productivity techniques.
However, this will not make work easy but allow you to focus on the things that are supposed to be hard such as figuring out hard problems and novel solutions.
For fun: here is a funny interview on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxgoGEKy_SP/