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Author of this needs to run a company for a while. If you really are the 110% employee you say you are, you are an edge case. The reality is, most people need t
by dpcan 10y ago
Author of this needs to run a company for a while. If you really are the 110% employee you say you are, you are an edge case. The reality is, most people need to be told to go here, sit there, do this, for X hours, and I need these results. Otherwise, nothing gets done. And as far as work environment is concerned, literally everyone is different. I need a TV on playing reruns of The Office to be productive. We are all strange creatures.
- nicoburns 10y agoDoes it really need to be sit there and do this for X hours and I need these results? Would "I need these results (in X timeframe)" not also work? I'm not saying there aren't benefits to working in an office with fixed hours (e.g. despite the advent of email and IM communication is often better in person). But: 1. At jobs with fixed hours I often spend a couple of them a day effectively doing nothing because I'm burnt out that day. And conversely I will go home at home time even if I'm being given really productive at that time. 2. I often work more effectively at home due to lack of distractions and precisely because I'm not expected to be looking like I'm doing some all of the time. For example, sometimes it can really help to get out of the house, go for a walk, and think for a bit. Doing this for 20 minutes can be more productive than 6 hours of sitting at a desk trying to work on the same problem while looking at the a computer screen. But you can't really do that in an office.
- dpcan 10y agoWhy not be a contractor then? You get to do whatever you want whenever you want and get paid when the job is done, and done correctly (granted you've setup your contracts this way).
- NumberCruncher 10y agoManaging people means forcing them to do something they do not want to do: to work.