In Recession, Take Time to Save Time

摘要

For those of us still lucky enough to have jobs dur-ing this Not Quite a Depression (Yet), the cratering economy has likely affected our workdays in one of two ways. In places like luxury stores or high-end brokerages, some workers find that their tasks have dwindled in step with the number of people still shopping for $3,000 suits.rnThose employees are desperately trying to look busy as their workloads plummet.rnI don't know any of those people.rnFor the rest of us, the financial meltdown has intensified the existing mantra to "do more with less." To-do lists are multiplying as resources evaporate and profit-strapped companies scale back on investments that could help employees be more productive (like replacing aging computer systems or upgrading ancient software).