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I’ve been wondering about this WRT the 969 policy at companies in China. Why did they not immediately see a drop in productivity when implemented? Is China’s
by hackerbabz 7y ago
I’ve been wondering about this WRT the 969 policy at companies in China.
Why did they not immediately see a drop in productivity when implemented?
Is China’s software industry making itself less competitive by not letting its workers sleep enough?
- sametmax 7y agoBecause they don't care about the afterfall. They have an expendable work force and bribes to work around penalties.
- snaky 7y agoThere's no drop in productivity if you don't care about quality.
- threatofrain 7y agoMaybe some people have the time to do creative and patient work, while other engineers crank out GUIs and iterative corrections. Presumably Andrew Ng isn’t being asked to demonstrate his loyalty or commitment. Isn’t it the same in all professions?
- someperson 7y agoThe sibling replies neglect to mention that midday naps are very common in China (across all age groups), with lunchtimes typically being 2 hours long. It's really not that different to Google having nap pods.
- aswanson 7y agoGoogle has nap pods? Wow...that remindsof mats they used to have for us in preschool. Sheesh.
- kthejoker2 7y agoCan't tell if you're being pejorative or not, but I make it a point (as a regional director) to take naps when I'm tired in full view of anyone who wants to see. Yo don't always have the luxury of waiting till you're in a nice cool bed with the environment and time of your choosing. People need sleep when they need it. Pretending otherwise is foolish.
- OnlyRepliesToBS 7y agonice deflection
- aoeusnth1 7y agoStigmatizing naps is so boneheaded, petty and backwards that I'm surprised to see anyone on this site so casually write something like this. Literally read anything on the subject, please? https://www.sleepfoundation.org/articles/napping https://www.sleepfoundation.org/articles/napping
- aswanson 7y agoRead deeper into the post, Im not stigmatizing naps. Im big on sleep. Love it so much & think it's fundamental to physical and mental health. Its so important that if you need it at a place of employment, maybe that place of employment needs to do a better job of load-balancing.
- syndacks 7y agoLooks like Mr. Grump here could benefit from a nap!
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- glass_of_water 7y agoI think part of the problem is that it's so difficult to actually measure productivity in software development.
- thatfrenchguy 7y agoMeasuring productivity is impossible because you can’t do repeated experiments
- winter_blue 7y agoI've never heard of this 969 policy. What is it?
- ajnin 7y agoIt's rather 996 : work from 9am to 9pm, 6 days a week.