What's the most useless piece of business productivity/glorified checklist software your agency pays for?

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My agency isn’t so bad with this but I think the seat reservation system is a colossal waste of time and resources

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I'm glad this tool kept a benched UI/UX designer on the payroll, but jeez

Lol this is so hilariously spot on. We're using Trello for project management, and it feels like a complete waste of time since everything is already documented in Teams. I guess it makes things slightly easier to visualize, but there is absolutely no need for it.

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I had to share this with my slack team. Why is this so accurate? How are we getting anything done like this?

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But my dashboard says we are hitting all kpis!

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This is the most hilariously accurate thing of I've ever seen

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This put into words my frustration with all these apps! I'm glad to see I'm not the only one frustrated with the colossal waste of time these things are.

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Slack with its channels then threads: Time suckers and the kind of distractions that diminish the chance for great work.

I think part of the appeal is the quick dopamine hit for every notification and animation on screen. You know, instead of the satisfaction from getting actual work done

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lol true life.

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