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I find it strange that in certain tech shops, the measure of your productivity is not efficiency, but how many hours you spend physically in the office. Doesn'

• Mz 10y ago
  No doubt. It is likely rooted in (or related to) the high school thing of grading good students apparently based on how much they sweat rather than the quality of their work. The world at large seems to generally do a poor job of figuring out how to measure productivity in a good way that promotes the best practices.
• imagist 10y ago
  To some extent, but the bigger factor is that it also selects for obedient employees. Your efficiency doesn't matter to most execs if they don't control it.