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It seems more interesting to ask Are they any more productive? Even if American companies are more productive, can that be attributed to longer working hours? I
by dilemma 10y ago
It seems more interesting to ask Are they any more productive? Even if American companies are more productive, can that be attributed to longer working hours? I'm guessing not, because it is the job if the organization to make its workers more productive. The individual, being locked in his position, has little leverage on his productivity.
- bluetomcat 10y agoHow do you measure productivity in an information economy? A failed startup may have been very productive at churning out code at an astounding rate, but the problem it tried to solve turned out to be irrelevant, so all that productivity went into the trash. When talking about the correlation between productivity and the overall efficiency of a society, we always have to know whether the end goals succeed in delivering real value to the society. Otherwise, we are busy, advancing nothing.