As a manager I can say it’s even worse.
As you know, knowledge = power
But power = work / time
but time = money
so knowledge = work / money
Meaning there is an inverse relationship between what you make and what you know.
The physicist's definition of work has nothing to do with what you know, you know.
According to physicists, you can spend the whole day at your desk, and the only work you will get done is at the gym on the treadmill.
Best hope your boss is not a physicist.