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You're ignoring their effectiveness. Maybe they work better without coworker interruptions and in a familiar space, which offsets any negatives of caregiving.
by scott_karana 10y ago
You're ignoring their effectiveness.
Maybe they work better without coworker interruptions and in a familiar space, which offsets any negatives of caregiving.
And even still, who cares?! Do you actually have a good handle on how many of your employees just read HN or Reddit for half a day? Unaccounted for smoke breaks? Having to make personal calls while on the clock?
Humans aren't automatons.
- Nadya 10y ago>And even still, who cares?! Do you actually have a good handle on how many of your employees just read HN or Reddit for half a day? Unaccounted for smoke breaks? Having to make personal calls while on the clock? Don't need a handle on it if you block access to them. But my work found that blocking Reddit/Facebook actually made less work get done: people couldn't spend 5-10 minutes to unwind and then plug back in and work. That policy lasted a single week.