Infinite Monkeys

Instamonkey: Working Hard or Hardly Working?

Well, this explains a lot: "Technology has sped everything up and, by speeding everything up, it's slowed everything down, paradoxically," said John Challenger, chief executive of Chicago-based outplacement consultants Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. "We never concentrate on one task anymore. You take a little chip out of it, and then you're on to the next thing..."

And then there's this: "Businesses that have moved to 24-hour operations, bosses who micro-manage and longer commutes all add to the problem...while downsizing leaves fewer workers doing the work of those who left."