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All of them. Some have their butts in their seats for longer than that, but very few employees are generating 7+ hours of productive work on a daily basis for a
by chatmasta 9y ago
All of them. Some have their butts in their seats for longer than that, but very few employees are generating 7+ hours of productive work on a daily basis for any extended period of time.
- templar_muse 9y agoDepends who you ask, UK here and working 7.5hrs/day but when 'working' 5/6ths of your time is spent reading code, 1/6th is spent writing code, I regard that as productive, managers may disagree.
- maruhan2 9y agoI think that's well known. I'm asking the "official hours"
- psyc 9y agoIt could be dumb luck, but I haven't worked at a company that had official hours in about 17 years. I've got used to working at companies where as long as you produce good work, show up to scheduled meetings, and don't outright embarrass your boss, you can come and go as you like.
- maruhan2 9y agoIn that case, there would be a generally expected hours. You would still have to allocate expected finish time based on how many hours you are expecting to work per day.
- jxub 9y agoThis depends heavily on the country. Southern Europe really has an "ass in the chair" perspective to work, despite resembling relaxed/lazy to the outsiders. Netherlands and Nordics, from what I heard, are the opposite.