A startling discussion I had mere days ago: "You're not productive enough! If you're doing work X in n hours per day then you can do work X * n+2/n in n+2 hours

A startling discussion I had mere days ago: "You're not productive enough! If you're doing work X in n hours per day then you can do work X * n+2/n in n+2 hours per day! BTW, screw your high quality, efficient† work, and you're not getting a raise." Surprise surprise, that's not how it works. We're not doing cog work, and productivity cannot be measured by the time sitting in front of a bloody screen. Also, pro tip: morale wins battles. † Efficiency is producing work with a given amount of power. A given efficiency does not mean it can be reliably sustained – if at all reached — at a higher power level.