I work from home, and 40 hours is a LOT - I don't remember when I've worked (for others) 40 hours per week last time. Now, when I get to visit a client office,

I work from home, and 40 hours is a LOT - I don't remember when I've worked (for others) 40 hours per week last time. Now, when I get to visit a client office, work there full-time for a week or two - it seems quite easy - a LOT of time is spent on quick talks, drinking coffee, eating snacks, etc... the actual work I do there is around 3-4 hours per day (but I get paid for 8) - and this is a small company, where everyone knows everyone and also it is transparent to what's everybody is doing or working during the day. And at 18:00 the office is closed no matter what you're doing - I remember I wanted to finish one "if" statement but I had to left at "if (...) { " - continued the rest of the block next day. And I've actually found that to be quite nice - people really do have a life outside the work.