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0.2 + 4.5n + 0.3n^2 Percentage loss of productivity where n is the number of hours over 8 per day, for a 5 day week. e.g. for prolonged use of an 11 hour day
by SixSigma 11y ago
0.2 + 4.5n + 0.3n^2
Percentage loss of productivity where n is the number of hours over 8 per day, for a 5 day week.
e.g. for prolonged use of an 11 hour day :
0.2 + 4.5 x 3 + 0.3 x 9 = 16% loss of productivity over the whole week.
According to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics - Bulletin No. 917 [1]
for more info see this research :
http://www.weblem.org/upload/OT1.pdf http://www.weblem.org/upload/OT1.pdf
[1] https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/scribd/?title_id=4359&filepath=/docs/publications/bls/bls_0917_1948.pdf#scribd-open https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/scribd/?title_id=4359&filepath...
- jschwartzi 11y agoI'm going to cite this the next time I'm asked to work weekends.
- SixSigma 11y agoTry it but it is only for prolonged overtime (I have just edited to link to the actual report)