LDRDocs/Definitions/Toil.md

aliases, author

aliases	author
hamsterwheel work	Jason Thistlethwaite

Toil is a form of hamsterwheel work which is repetitive, manual, could be automated, and produces no enduring value. The original reference comes from SRE, a practice developed at Google.

Examples of toil

• A water cooler leaks, so somebody has to avoid the puddle or clean it up every day.
• Double checking every single piece of work that is completed instead of more effective ways to prevent mistakes.
• Throwing trash on the floor instead of into a trash can.