Different people can function under different workloads, and there is no magic formula that will make everyone happy. I've been clocking in ~50h/week for a cou

Different people can function under different workloads, and there is no magic formula that will make everyone happy. I've been clocking in ~50h/week for a couple of years now as a contractor and it's worked well for me. Working remotely helps a lot as there's no commuting and I can start being productive 15 minutes after waking up. I'm also able to distribute the weekly workload as I please (except daily standups). Some days I'll clock in 12 hours, and other days work barely at all. All clients were happy with this kind of arrangement so far.