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How do you manage the temptation to think you'd get more work done if you worked an extra day? Do your stats show an improved retention of staff? Do employees
by moritonal 5y ago
How do you manage the temptation to think you'd get more work done if you worked an extra day? Do your stats show an improved retention of staff?
Do employees take into account the reduced hours when comparing salaries or is it disregarded similar to benefits like pensions?
Does the company rely on a sneeky bit of work done on an off-day, or is it a true, tools-down, have fun, day?
- adam_gyroscope 5y agoAs a founder, the temptation is real, but anecdotally (anecdataly?) I'm so much more motivated on the work days I don't think the extra day matters. But, my company is not big enough to have enough sample data to prove it one way or the other. Employees do take the extra free time into consideration when comparing offers, since we make offers that are competitive to a 40-hour offer. Re: sneaky bit of work on the off day. We don't rely on it, or ask for it. We do have an on-call rotation that covers support and site issues on Fridays, but you're in that rotation once every 5 weeks or so.
- emj 5y agoFWIW, I love places that actively prevent you from working too much, I over worked at a young age, it took two good bosses to teach me being effective limiting my work hours. This stopped me from hurting myself, never going back to forced 40 hour weeks. Thanks for being part of that. Warning though, forced on call can be hell as an employee. We are an group of five and can handle on call every five weeks if there is more we would start to get attrition.
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