I think it's very funny because I first wrote "instead of actually doing stuff" (which was wrong because this is "doing stuff", just bullshit stuff IMO). So I rephrased as "instead of actually being productive", which I thought was maybe a bit aggressive.
So I went for "actually creating value", because it felt like the way a manager would describe it. "I appreciate that you are doing work, and it is good, but it is not creating value... therefore I believe we need to change something" is how I imagined trying to constructively say "this is all bullshit, but I respect you as a person and I believe that you could do proper stuff instead".
I think it's very funny because I first wrote "instead of actually doing stuff" (which was wrong because this is "doing stuff", just bullshit stuff IMO). So I rephrased as "instead of actually being productive", which I thought was maybe a bit aggressive.
So I went for "actually creating value", because it felt like the way a manager would describe it. "I appreciate that you are doing work, and it is good, but it is not creating value... therefore I believe we need to change something" is how I imagined trying to constructively say "this is all bullshit, but I respect you as a person and I believe that you could do proper stuff instead".