'Productive' is such manipulation is this usage. In the modern economy, products shipped per employee often has little relation to how hard an employee works. Does not this metric speak poorly upon leadership's decision-making, the increase of onerous busywork and surveillance, and a dislocated world economy?

If you believe Zuckerberg chasing the Metaverse has misallocated resources, his company has shipped less 'product' per employee. Does that really mean employees have been less 'productive'?