Message #75537

[gee4]

Can I ask what the log is going to do or prove?  My bet is, it will go unnoticed or fall on deaf ears.

Cutbacks are rife.  I see it here too.  Reduce staff but then do double the workload or find another resource to cover when you take leave.

To assess the workload amongst secretarial staff, we all carried out an exercise last year completing an template, or log, of the tasks we do and how log it takes.  It was difficult bearing in mind we don't always count the 15 mins we spend unjamming the printer, or the 30 mins to fix someone's word doc.

Seven months later, no one has come back to us with any feedback or whether the exercise is still ongoing.  You can log what you like but unless the data or information is going to be taken into account, it's pointless.

It is not possible to carry out the same workload in less time.  I wouldn't push yourself to do this, because someone somewhere is going to think you are superwoman, if you do.  The more you do, the more you will be given to do, whereas if you don't get through the workload, someone will realise there is a problem.