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This is an interesting point but I do think the causality goes both ways. Yeah Americans are probably more inclined to want to socialize at work, but American c

This is an interesting point but I do think the causality goes both ways. Yeah Americans are probably more inclined to want to socialize at work, but American companies also are way too obsessed with butts in seats. If you're being forced to stick around for 8 hours but you only need 6 hours to do your job, of course you are going to fill the time with something.

sleepybrett 5y ago
'do your job' being excessively nebulous. Finish up all those tickets we gave you at the beginning of sprint? I've never once had a boss that told me to go home, they just dig into the backlog and throw some new tickets at you.