The whole idea of a standard work week for salaried knowledge workers is stupid. Anybody who's worked a typical 9-5 office job knows that getting your work done

The whole idea of a standard work week for salaried knowledge workers is stupid. Anybody who's worked a typical 9-5 office job knows that getting your work done faster doesn't give you permission to leave earlier, you're just rewarded with more work and maaybe a promotion with a slight pay bump 1-3 years down the line. There's no incentive to be as productive as possible because you're not adequately rewarded for it (eg. via more time off or increased compensation), and it raises manager expectations such that they now expect this higher output of work going forward even though it might not be sustainable over the long term without burnout. So we enter this comfortable medium where we're productive enough to look busy until 5pm, even if we could've worked at 100% capacity and finished everything by 1pm. Productivity and optimum working hours vary drastically across individuals - Some are most productive in the morning, others are night owls, others work best with a gym break in the middle of the day, others work best from home or coffee shops, others work faster/slower than others. Adults should be allowed to work in whatever manner is most effective for them, not babysat like grade school kids. At the end of the day one should be paid by results. Time may equate to results in a factory or retail store, not in mentally intensive knowledge work. But of course none of this will change because employers have all the leverage, and any sort of organized labor movement has been completely decimated. We're supposed to be happy with the status quo because our ancestors had it worse. Asking for the drastically increased productivity due to technological advancements to translate to increased freedom equates to "entitlement". It's archaic thinking and it needs to die.