Productivity Estimator
Work Productivity Estimator
If you have completed the online Work Productivity Estimator your customized assessment (including recommendations) will be emailed to you. Until then, you can calculate your own score (see below) and find your generic productivity status from the table on the right.
If you have not yet completed the Work Productivity Estimator and if you would like to receive a free customized Productivity Assessment, please click the "clock" button below to be taken to the assessment.
[Score of 80 Points or Fewer]: Productive
Your work behaviors are those of a productive office-based worker-well done! You should share your productivity best-practices with colleagues.
[90 to 95 Points]:
Mostly Productive
Your work behaviors are typical of the average office-based worker who gets a lot done. Becoming more productive
at work should be relatively easy for you.
[100 to 110 Points]:
Less Productive to Generally Non-Productive
Your work behaviors are typical of the average office-based worker. You technically experience “overwork,” however, it is at the lower end of the spectrum and may not be significantly impacting your well-being. Becoming more productive at work should not be a challenge for you.
[125 to 150 Points]:
Non-Productive to Unproductive
You appear to be more non-productive than the average office-based worker. Becoming more productive will likely require an acknowledgement and acceptance that “overwork” is a problem for you, as well as a significant behavioral change combined with improved productivity-related work behaviors.
DEFINITIONS
OVERWORK
Overwork is the number of hours worked beyond the workers’ stated number of work hours (such as, 8 hours per day or as defined in the workers’ employment agreement) that begins to have adverse effects on the worker. Quantitatively, overwork could also be considered any number of hours worked that exceed 5 hours beyond workers’ weekly stated work hours.
NONPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY
“Non”: Not; no impact. An activity in which a worker engages that takes time to complete, is a necessary and reasonable aspect of work, but has little-to-no impact on achieving a goal, objective, or other important outcomes. Completing nonproductive activities do not often result in negative productivity (moves the worker further away from achieving the desired outcome), but their completion infrequently—if ever—contributes positively to achieving an outcome. Examples of nonproductive activities include completing an expense report or reading e-mail messages.
UNPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY
“Un”: A contrary or opposite force. An activity in which a worker engages that takes time to complete, is NOT a necessary and reasonable aspect of work, and its completion has no impact on achieving an outcome. Instead, unproductive activities move the worker further away from achieving the desired outcome. Examples of unproductive activities include correcting bad decisions, rework, and resolving computer problems.
HOW TO TALLY YOUR OWN SCORE
Step 1. Questions #1 and 2: Subtract your rating for #1 FROM your rating for #2. That becomes your one rating for the two
questions; (#2 value - #1 value = your rating). Add this one rating.
Step 2. Question #3: If you selected “No,” then add five (5) points
Step 3. Questions #6 and 9: Subtract your answer to Question 9 from 100%. Then, add the raw value from Question 6. For example, 10PM = 10 and 10% = 10
Step 4. Question #11: If you DID NOT choose option “C” then add 5 points total for Question #11
Step 5. TOTAL: Add up all of your rating points for all questions