"Miscellaneous Unproductive Time" joke
It has come to my attention recently that many people have been turning in timesheets that specify large amounts of "Miscellaneous Unproductive Time" (code 5300). To our department, unproductive time isn't a problem.
What is a problem is not knowing exactly what people are doing during their unproductive time.
I've attached a sheet specifying a tentative extended job list based on my observations of employee activities. The list will allow you to specify with a fair amount of precision what you are doing during your unproductive time. Please distribute this as necessary, and let me know about any difficulties.
For your timesheets:
Job numberExplanation
5300Meeting
5300-100
Obstructing Communications at Meeting
5300-200
Trying to Sound Knowledgeable While in Meeting
5310
Breaks5310-100
Waiting for Break
5310-110
Buying Snack
5310-120
Eating Snack
5310-200
Waiting for Lunch
5310-210
Ordering Out
5310-220
Waiting for Food Delivery to Arrive
5310-230
Taking it Easy While Digesting Food
5310-300
Waiting for End of Day
5310-400
Personal Evacuation
5310-410
Extended Visit to the Bathroom (at least 10 minutes)
5310-500
Company Drug Policy
5310-510
Recreational Drug Use
5320Employee Relations
5320-100
Gossip
5320-110
Vicious Verbal Attacks Directed at Coworker
5320-120
Vicious Verbal Attacks Directed at Coworker While Coworker is not Present
5320-200
Incompetence
5320-210
Covering for Incompetence of Coworker Friend
5320-220
Covering for Incompetence of Manager
5320-300
Dealing with Fellow Workers
5320-310
Pretending You Like Coworker
5320-320
Pretending You Like Important People When in Reality They are Jerks
5320-330
Asking Coworker to Aid You in an Illicit Activity
5320-400
Hazing of Employees
5320-410
Playing Pranks on the New Employee
5320-420
Playing Pranks on a Regular Employee
5320-430 Playing Pranks on an Incompetent Employee
5320-440 Playing Pranks on a Competent Employee
5320-450 Playing Pranks on the Intern/Temp
5320-460 Taking Credit for Playing Pranks on any Employee
5320-500
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
5320-510
Making Passes at Coworker
5320-520 Sexually Harassing Coworker
5320-530 Sexual Intercourse
5320-540 Flirting
5330 Employee Training
5330-100 Concepts and Procedures
5330-110 Trying to Explain Concept to Coworker Who is not Interested in Learning
5330-120 Trying to Explain Concept to Coworker Who is Stupid
5330-130 Trying to Explain Concept to Coworker Who Hates You
5340 Procurement
5340-100 Company Goods
5340-110 Stealing Company Goods
5340-120 Making Excuses after Accidentally Destroying Company Goods
5340-130 Grocery Shopping (Coffee, Tea, M&M's...)
5340-200 Company Resources
5340-210 Using Company Resources for Personal Profit
5340-220 Running your own Business on Company Time
5340-230 Working on a second job during Company Time
5350 Timesheet Activities
5350-100
Filling Out Timesheet
5350-200 Timesheet Entries
5350-210 Inventing Timesheet Entries
5350-220 Organizing Timesheet Entries
5360 Telephone Activities
5360-100 Long-Distance Calls
5360-110 Personal Calls
5360-200 Speaking to a professional
5360-210 Divorce Lawyer
5360-220 Plumber
5360-230 Dentist
5360-240 Doctor
5360-300 Speaking to a contractor
5360-310 Fence (In Order to Sell Stolen Company Goods)
5360-320 Masseuse
5360-330 House Painter
5360-340 Personal Therapist
5360-350 Mistress
5360-400 Sales Calls
5360-410 Someone who wants to be your broker
5360-420 Hardware vendors who t
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