Historically I’ve been a workaholic, though I’m gratefully recovered (probably for life at this point, I’m very tired and very persistently burned out). Saying

Historically I’ve been a workaholic, though I’m gratefully recovered (probably for life at this point, I’m very tired and very persistently burned out). Saying that for context, to say this: regardless of any individual’s baseline productivity, the only reasons 8x5 vs 4x10 will make any difference are - they have strong feelings about it either way: they’ll perform according to their wishes regardless. - they have demanding commitments to non-work concerns: they’ll perform better with the schedule that fits their other concerns. - they have free time they’d prefer to spend working: they’ll overperform regardless, at least until they burn out.