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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
That's how it is at many companies. I'd say most people probably only get done about 15-20 hours of actual work in a normal work week.
gpt
TBH it looks bad from the outside, but there can be weeks where you are/feel useless, and days were you justify your salary for the whole year.

I'm an SA and every once in a while I'll do something that saves the company like 50k. My boss does things every once in a while that saves them millions. It kinda all works out in the end from an business perspective. Can't really compare output/value to an hourly based job like a tradesman or factory worker.