Seriously, most office jobs are like 30% actual work and 70% communicating that you're available if something comes up.
I've gotten closer to formal reprimands from forgetting to answer emails or missing meetings on occasion than I ever have for work getting delayed. Nobody gives a shit if a forty-line script takes me three days to get around to doing, but if I don't call in advance that I'm gonna miss this week's morning huddle, I have to spend an hour back-and-forth on emails with my boss' boss about how I had something important going on and, yes, I will let you know ahead of time if it comes up again, and I'm very sorry, my apologies.
The thing is... you probably are.
Seriously, most office jobs are like 30% actual work and 70% communicating that you're available if something comes up.
I've gotten closer to formal reprimands from forgetting to answer emails or missing meetings on occasion than I ever have for work getting delayed. Nobody gives a shit if a forty-line script takes me three days to get around to doing, but if I don't call in advance that I'm gonna miss this week's morning huddle, I have to spend an hour back-and-forth on emails with my boss' boss about how I had something important going on and, yes, I will let you know ahead of time if it comes up again, and I'm very sorry, my apologies.