Shady Statistics and the Status Quo

The Busyness Paradox

A recent Forbes article titled, "Study shows people working from home are having sex, dating, taking naps and doing hustles on company time" (yes, that's the actual title) leads us to believe that either a) you all had a way more fun pandemic than we did or b) the article is a case study in bending statistics to fit your narrative. A decidedly pro-busywork narrative in this case. Join us as we unspin some stats and discuss the dangers of basing management decisions on slanted reporting.
People, Products and Publications Mentioned:
1:58 - Study Shows People Working From Home Are Having Sex, Dating, Taking Naps And Doing Side Hustles On Company Time
4:00 - E-conolight Survey
19:30 - Generations are Arbitrary. Act Accordingly
37:00 - An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year
40:40 - Correct version of Elvis Presley quote butchered by Paul: "Don’t criticize what you don’t understand, son. You never walked in that man’s shoes."
43:00 - Toggl Time Tracking and Timery for Toggl
44:10 - HRTracker
44:18 - Start a Cult!
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1. Shady Statistics and the Status Quo (00:00:00)

2. Hello Busybodies (00:00:01)

3. Hustle Porn (00:01:58)

4. E-conolight Survey (00:04:00)

5. Personal Calls (00:05:50)

6. Dating (00:07:05)

7. Getting THAT Kind of Busy (00:08:20)

8. Drinking (00:08:35)

9. Napping (00:11:40)

10. Shopping (00:13:20)

11. Side Gigs (00:14:35)

12. Generation Q personal days (00:18:00)

13. Apparently Half the World Got Fired (00:20:50)

14. Informed Decisions Based on Bad Information (00:23:45)

15. What if Your Job Involves Thinking? (00:25:45)

16. Hey, We Can Do It Too! (00:26:50)

17. Drugs! Booze! Beans! (00:29:00)

18. Twitter's Take (00:35:00)

19. Track Your Own Stats (00:41:40)