Asked to time what I do
This is a first for me in a corporate office job, not sure if it's commonly done elsewhere. My boss said they're trying to "figure out everyone's bandwidth" and they've put together a daily task list and want everyone to time themselves on what they do, apparently they do this like every 4-5 years.
Can't lie, I have it pretty easy here. I have a good amount of down time and a hybrid schedule. All said though I don't know what direction to take this. I can tell the truth, in which case my boss will see I'm twiddling my thumbs, or I can stretch things a bit. He has a decent idea of what I do? So there is the risk he thinks I'm a liar or slow. Not saying I'd mark a 10 minute task as 2 hours, but if I doubled it to 20min... Idk.
Anyone done this kind of thing before? How'd it go for you? It's just a little stressful. I know my direct supervisor doesn't care and doesn't seem particularly enthused that we have to do this to begin with, but I could easily see people higher than him seeing these and wanting to drop some people from the team.
Worth adding they don't pay me much. I think most people would think my hourly wage warrants not giving a fuck but, besides being paid very little, this is a good gig and I'd like to stick around and keep building experience.