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It's already a 5 hour work day, it's just inside of an 8 hour attendance day.
by jlebrech 9y ago
It's already a 5 hour work day, it's just inside of an 8 hour attendance day.
- Marinlemaignan 9y agoahah yes, true, and this makes people like he and i mad, i guess some kind of hyperactivity.
- edem 9y agoIt is not hyperactivity, more like a waste of my time.
- dovdovdov 9y agoMore like a let's touch that code for an hour or so day. ;)
- bbcbasic 9y agoOd the coding time. I spend 95% time looking at code and 5% coding.
- pawadu 9y agoAfter that lets have a meeting!
- hacksonx 9y agoJust finished a 2 month project without having a single meeting with business and I must say, things are much better. Business never told me directly what to do and I never told them directly how long something would take me. Best approach ever.
- avoutthere 9y agoThis works wonderfully if everybody involved acts rationally and professionally. Otherwise, it can quickly become a nightmare.
- kristerv 9y agohaha, good point. Though I prefer being productive on and off work time :)
- eikenberry 9y agoWork from home. You can actually get the best of both worlds.
- kristerv 9y agoI seem to have this thing for honesty. If I intend to "work from home" but really do everything but, then I'd rather just work out some deal. Plus I like coming to the office, it's social.
- Swizec 9y agoThe idea is that you still do the 5 to 6 hours of actual work and replace the 2 to 4 hours of shallow socializing with gym time or hobbies or deep socializing with friends/family/kids. At the very least you replace the 1 to 2 hours of commuting with the above. Honestly, living across the street from the office, I'm pretty fine going into work every day. The 5minute commute is bearable. My only problem is not being allowed to work from home when I have tight deadlines. I'm much more productive at home.
- vidarh 9y agoI find I work more when I work from home. Partly I think because making my effort level visible is more important when people don't see me in a chair all day. But yes, it's still nice to not have to keep up appearances when you for whatever reason can't concentrate.
- fivestar 9y agoAnd yet, the current MBA groupthink trend is that remote workers are scum and must be dealt with accordingly. Insane.
- cbcoutinho 9y agoI work with a number of people in my office who do completely different things than I do. If we didn't make time to just talk about whatever between the times we work, we would probably never need to speak to one another. That being said, there is a benefit to having 'non-productive' communication with colleagues during working hours, because it builds trust and rapport. These become infinitely value at seemingly unexpected times, and it's difficult to calculate an ROI on asking your colleague how their weekend was.
- jrimbault 9y agoI think there were some paragraphs about 'non-productive' communication with colleagues, like coffee or after hours drinks, in Marx.
- nxsynonym 9y agoOn average my actual work load is between 3-4 hours including daily reports, correspondence, and meetings. The rest of the day is spent trying to look busy. I wouldn't mind a 5-6 hour work day. That's plenty of time to get everything done and not feel like I have time bearing down on me.