I agree to a large extent with your comment. The "office" structure has changed a lot. Secretaries ran the show, and pretty much hand-held everyone in the office and kept the ship pointed in the right direction. Law firms and political offices still have this "outdated" model because if it ain't broken, don't fix it.
Now, your company pays insane amounts of $ for software, systems, and data! You have to do your job, schedule your meetings, keep up with the ungodly amount of email, instant message, SLACK, enter the data in your CRM, talk on the phone, schedule the video meetings, etc. while also keeping track of your personal phone because your partner called or the school called and your dog is sick. There's just so much distraction now by not having "office hours" and having our whole lives in our pockets and constant reach that I think productivity has to go down. It's impossible to focus on anything for any amount of time anymore with how accessible we are expected to be.
Now, your company pays insane amounts of $ for software, systems, and data! You have to do your job, schedule your meetings, keep up with the ungodly amount of email, instant message, SLACK, enter the data in your CRM, talk on the phone, schedule the video meetings, etc. while also keeping track of your personal phone because your partner called or the school called and your dog is sick. There's just so much distraction now by not having "office hours" and having our whole lives in our pockets and constant reach that I think productivity has to go down. It's impossible to focus on anything for any amount of time anymore with how accessible we are expected to be.