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All modern research/studies tend to demonstrate that, beyond 40 hours, productivity does not rise, and, beyond 50 hours, it actually plunge, with quality droppi
by xroche 9y ago
All modern research/studies tend to demonstrate that, beyond 40 hours, productivity does not rise, and, beyond 50 hours, it actually plunge, with quality dropping, employees driven to burn-out, etc.
But still, the stupid mantra from the Silicon Valley is "you have to work 80 hours to be successful"
Why are these CEO/CTO unable to comprehend studies and adopting a totally irrational position ?
https://www.inc.com/tom-popomaronis/science-says-you-shouldnt-work-more-than-this-number-of-hours-a-day.html https://www.inc.com/tom-popomaronis/science-says-you-shouldn...
https://www.cnbc.com/2015/01/26/working-more-than-50-hours-makes-you-less-productive.html https://www.cnbc.com/2015/01/26/working-more-than-50-hours-m...
https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/crunchmode/econ-hours-productivity.html https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/crunc...
- wageslaving 9y agothe name of the game is leveraging explosive, unsustainable growth into a high rate of return into cheap capital into a big payday for founders everything else is long-term
- DevinTheDude 9y ago> the name of the game is leveraging explosive, unsustainable growth into a high rate of return into cheap capital into a big payday for founders I've come to the conclusion this is the case. Has anyone written on this?
- edanm 9y agoProbably because most people don't really believe these studies (assuming they've heard of them). I'm very doubtful of them myself. It really just-so happens that the standard US workweek is the exact perfect amount? That sounds incredibly unlikely. And this is a hard thing to study, too. Moreover, anecdotally, I know plenty of people that work more hours than this, effectively (and also some that work less!).