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I wish I knew how common it was to have a full-time job but only work for a fraction of that time. My last software job was supposedly 40 hours/week. I'd usua
by etagobla 7y ago
I wish I knew how common it was to have a full-time job but only work for a fraction of that time.
My last software job was supposedly 40 hours/week. I'd usually come in for two hours and leave. They wouldn't be an intense two hours either. Once in a while I'd stay all day. Based on what I hear from my friends from university, this experience is not the median but it's not uncommon either.
Many managers really don't know how to manage. Morale goes down the shitter, and unless you have children it's unlikely you'll care about getting caught.
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- ClumsyPilot 7y agoYou are describing it as an unpleasant place to work, but what's the background to this? If you are keeping up with your commitments, and the company is not crashing, is morale the main problem?
- etagobla 7y agoMy point is that the "5-hour workday" might be more common than many of us think.
- galangalalgol 7y agoMy employer is about to start a 10hr workday 4 days a week. Essentially all errands, chores, and kid time will get shuffled to the weekend i suspect.
- etagobla 7y agoHave you taught your kids about the benefits of fasting? xD
- galangalalgol 7y agoI am a proponent of fasting actually. I am curious about the effects on tiny people in growth spurts.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoI can't imagine you'd want to calorie starve the human body when it needs the calories the most. I guess if you could get all the calories you need while you're un-fasted and can store it all as fat for when you do need it, maybe that would work, but we know that caloric deficits in childhood lead to reduced growth. I really can't see a good argument for children fasting.
- etagobla 7y agoBasically you use carbohydrates, fat, and protein to make energy and when you don't eat those things you don't have energy. Really interesting stuff.
- whitebread 7y agoThis feels like a flippant, uninformed comment. When you don’t eat those for a 2-3 day window your body ramps up energy production through stored fat. So I’d say you still have energy.
- krageon 7y agoI've tried both eating a little often and a lot very little and from the experiences of me and everyone I have ever spoken to in the flesh about this, it really is as simple as "more energy when you eat more". Fasting won't give you mountains of physical pep. Sure, there is that golden time after you have done it for a while where you get great mental clarity and you feel good but you will not be voluntarily running laps or pushing your absolute peak weight in the gym. That barrier is something you'll always feel, even if you're not pushing the limits. The fact of the matter is that barrier is closer when you are fasting.
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- peruvian 7y agoIt's a management problem. We have that "problem" where I work - the sprints and tickets are set up such that I can afford to work ~2-3 hours a day. I spend the rest learning new tech for my next job. I'm not even a hard worker but having so little to do gets old and boring quickly.
- ryandrake 7y agoThese stories seem so weird to me! Everywhere I’ve worked, there has been 3-5X more development work needed to do than engineers to do it, so we had to always be prioritizing and only doing what absolutely was necessary to ship. Is there not even a bug backlog where you work? I’ve never seen a workplace like this honestly! Unless you’re taking a 2 week task and estimating 2 years or something, and then just goofing off in the slack time, which I’d consider... somewhat less than ethical?
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- kzzzznot 7y agoWhat industry do you work in?
- Double_a_92 7y agoI guess most people just dilute the effective 2-3 hours of work in 8 hours, to seem busy without getting overworked... E.g. I would be happier if I could work fully focussed for 3-4 hours and then go home, instead of working at a slow pace for 8 hours so I don't get tired after 4.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoIf I could honest 4 works, hard, and then go home, without worrying about emails coming in or server alerts or whatever, I think I'd be very happy and very productive for that time. I can't say the same now - even when I'm off I'm still at least partially thinking about being on.
- FpUser 7y ago"...Morale goes down the shitter, and unless you have children it's unlikely you'll care about getting caught. ..." Instead of bitching about morale it is best to see it as an opportunity. Use time to better yourself, find new job, start your own business etc. etc. As for how well it plays for the business owners, it is their problem, not yours.
- etagobla 7y agoThe topic of the thread was the 5 hour workday. I proposed that the 5 hour workday already exists in the form of shitty managers.