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This highlights something about our industry that I find a little weird. Collectively we want to be respected as professionals, yet feel it's ok come into work
by matrix 9y ago
This highlights something about our industry that I find a little weird. Collectively we want to be respected as professionals, yet feel it's ok come into work whenever it pleases us despite its impact on the team.
In my view, a true professional shows up and gets the job done, no matter what. Asking employees to show up at 9 am on a reasonably consistent basis so that the team can work effectively seems like a pretty low bar to me (except in the case of special personal circumstances, of course).
- loader 9y agoEspecially when you're telling them they only need to work 6 hours. If my boss said we're moving to 6 hours a day, I'll be pretty happy to oblige and be in when they need me.
- krausejj 9y agoIt sounds old fashioned, but I have to agree. I look at my parents -- my mom worked 16 hour shifts in a hospital with no natural light for almost 40 years. She was doing work that touched people in life or death situations; a far cry from many of the apps we're building. She never complained. Yet we find problems sitting for 8 hours in an Aeron chair drinking micro-brew coffee with the freedom to check out Facebook or Amazon whenever we want. Was my mom unhappy? Nope, she loved her job. Was she tired and burned-out at times? Absolutely. I think a lot of this has to do with perspective.