Work is work
Work is an activity done in order to achieve a purpose or result. This not only includes the product or project you are working on but also all activities you have to perform for your company. In some teams I work with, there are people that spend up to 50% of their work time on tasks outside their project/product team. Some are team leads and have meetings and responsibilities with their organizational team members. Some are part of the working council. Some have training for personal development paths. Some just have to fix bugs and live-site issues for projects they had worked on in the past.
Many of these tasks cannot be taken away from the team members. The team member may like them or not – but often they are an important part of their personal development.
The problem with this kind of work is that the prioritization and coordination of these tasks are done by the individuals and outside their team context. Who decides whether working on a bug of a...
