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I'm skeptical about these, because each time we've tracked worker productiveness they've worked around 6 hours out of the 7,5 they are paid to on average. The o
by eksemplar 9y ago
I'm skeptical about these, because each time we've tracked worker productiveness they've worked around 6 hours out of the 7,5 they are paid to on average. The only way we'd get someone spending that much time on news/SoMe is when our workers are bored.
Like an IT tech waiting for a consultant to call back on a priority task or when someone simply doesn't have enough things to do.
We do lose a lot f time to things like chitchat, but I think our overall productivity and happiness require the freedom for people to do so.
I don't think the points of the article are wrong though. We have people who work less than the standard 37 work week at certain periods in their lives, typically younger parents, like 30-34 hour weeks, and they are much more productive and score much higher on employee satisfaction. But I do think the research is a tad thwarted by coming out of American workplaces and that it isn't useful for every office space.
- gexla 9y agoMaybe this depends on the job. I can do tech support all day long. Programming comes with productivity traps such as difficulty getting into a zone, procrastination due to feeling overwhelmed due to deadlines or project difficulty and limits on creative productivity. My brain begins to melt after 4 hours of straight problem-solving on average. Problem-solving requires creativity, which burns out and leads to busy work.
- eksemplar 9y agoIt includes our programmers who are some of the most productive workers. A couple of them are task focused almost the entire time they are at work. Of course we include things like getting stuck, or brainstorming solutions as productive activities.
- jrs235 9y agoAnd after your mentally burned out, rather than being allowed to go refresh it's then braindead "butts in a seat" work which is maddening.