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Don't try to fight your biology and never play to your weakness. I might generally agree with your sentiment, it feels like too many people are too willing to

by milesvp 11y ago

Don't try to fight your biology and never play to your weakness. I might generally agree with your sentiment, it feels like too many people are too willing to not take responsibility for themselves, but I can tell you I've needed to engineer my life around my sleep schedule. It's partly why I'm an engineer. I've been a night owl since I was a baby, and I can tell you, I'm never more miserable than when I consistently need to function before 10am, and I'm extra useless any day I need to set an alarm for the day. So I make it clear to my coworkers that if they avoid scheduling meetings before 10, I won't schedule any after 5. After that, anyone who tries to discuss hours gets to hear instead about output.

FussyZeus 11y ago
To me it's a simple question: Do you want employees performing to their best? If the answer is yes, and the way to do that is having them come in at 10 am rather than 7, that costs you literally nothing. Let them set a schedule that works for them. Now if they work "best" with a corner office on the 10th floor and shag carpeting, ok, we probably can't do that but in such case where it costs the business nothing as it is when it comes to which particular block of 8 hours you come in for a day, who cares? Let people choose what works best for them.
- pigpaws 11y ago
  why NOT give them the corner office though? You answered your own question. You say it costs the business nothing - but if the business customers are in the office at 7am, you need to be as well else you ARE costing the business something. From the business aspect, its not about your social life. It's about the 'survival' of the company and the continued employment of you and your co-workers.
  - FussyZeus 11y ago
    If you ARE costing the business something then you shouldn't be given it, that's EXACTLY what I said. Again, reading comprehension, work on it.

by milesvp 11y ago

FussyZeus 11y ago

To me it's a simple question: Do you want employees performing to their best? If the answer is yes, and the way to do that is having them come in at 10 am rather than 7, that costs you literally nothing. Let them set a schedule that works for them. Now if they work "best" with a corner office on the 10th floor and shag carpeting, ok, we probably can't do that but in such case where it costs the business nothing as it is when it comes to which particular block of 8 hours you come in for a day, who cares? Let people choose what works best for them.

pigpaws 11y ago
why NOT give them the corner office though? You answered your own question. You say it costs the business nothing - but if the business customers are in the office at 7am, you need to be as well else you ARE costing the business something. From the business aspect, its not about your social life. It's about the 'survival' of the company and the continued employment of you and your co-workers.
- FussyZeus 11y ago
  If you ARE costing the business something then you shouldn't be given it, that's EXACTLY what I said. Again, reading comprehension, work on it.