Productivity gains…
A friend and I were just discussing the way the workplace was portrayed in t.v. shows from the 1960s and 1970s.
Business moved much more slowly when the process of looking through data (via punch cards) was onerous and time-consuming, when there was no fax to send documents instantaneously, when overnight shipping wasn’t available. Now that things move faster, we’re expected to do more with our time.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed or a bit guilty because you snuck out of the office early, remember this: by lunchtime, you’ve probably done more work than your 60s-70s counterpart did in a whole day.