to those of you who get bored at work if there's lots of downtime, why?

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to those of you who get bored at work if there's lots of downtime, why? - Linux.Community

I read post about people quitting jobs because they’re boring or there is not much to do and I don’t get it: what’s wrong with being paid for doing nothing or not much at all? Examples I can think of: being paid to be present but only working 30 minutes to 2 hours each 8 hours, or a job where you have to work 5 minutes every 30 minutes. What’s wrong with reading a book, writing poetry or a novel, exercising, playing with the smartphone… and going home to enjoy your hobbies fully rested? Am I missing something?

What’s wrong with reading a book, writing poetry or a novel, exercising, playing with the smartphone

The jobs people complain about tend to penalize them for doing those things instead of pretending to be busy.

you can always do them in hiding

pretend you are writing some report