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>You are at new place, you going to work like 4-6 hours instead of 8-9 hours. I remember some studies mentioning that the real productive time in a daily 8 hr

>You are at new place, you going to work like 4-6 hours instead of 8-9 hours. I remember some studies mentioning that the real productive time in a daily 8 hr shiFt was 4-6 hours. If that's so, then it's completely doable. Hopefully someone has a fresh link to one of those studies.

outcoldman 5y ago
Just to clarify the hours of productivity. I meant the person will allocate only 4-6 hours instead of 8-9 hours, and most of the time will be on FB, reading news, and spending time in chats. And whatever is left going to use for some work :)
throwanem 5y ago
Just a heads up, I think you may have typoed "shift"...
- xtracto 5y ago
  Haha thanks, gives a whole different meaning.
  - throwanem 5y ago
    Thanks for the chuckle!
    - DonHopkins 5y ago
      >the real productive time in a daily 8 hr shit I used to take my PowerBook into the bathroom stall at work when I needed some alone time to concentrate, but it was embarrassing to get busted when it crashed and made that reboot sound so everybody else in the bathroom knew what I was up to.
presentation 5y ago
If anything I’ve been seeing lots of articles lately saying that because there are fewer boundaries between life and work when you’re remote lots of people are working far more than they did when they were in person. Idk the numbers but that’s definitely what happened to me.
quadcore 5y ago
Pretty sure 6 hours is even more productive, at least for experienced people.
- swah 5y ago
  I also think this is easier to test and the more realistic change. You can be available to clients/meetings from monday to friday.... And that would allow me to see the sunset the whole year. Would try to go to the park with my kid at 4pm every day.
closeparen 5y ago
Oh, 4-6 hours is the Zoom meetings. Anything productive is in addition to that.
tayo42 5y ago
I've done some work-cation. Like instead of 1week off I'll take 2 and work the second. If I'm in a different time zone, I've felt even more productive. Work with out distraction for a few hours show up for a meeting or answer slack when people start working. My mood might even be better because I'm doing something cool on vacation before or after work. The only people doing 8 hours of "work" are the people scheduling back to back meetings all day
dinvlad 5y ago
I think even that is probably an over-estimation. I suspect most folks can work productively (as in, being intensely focused on an activity) only for 2-4 hours a day, and the rest of the time is just "fluff" (which may or may not be necessary for staying productive). From that perspective, regular 9-5 in an office really "steals" our time, because we can't use it on more productive things.
missedthecue 5y ago
I think it's less that people do 4-6 hours of work per day, and more that people spend ~50% of the workday productively. In other words, a 4-6 hour workday means 2-3 hours of work getting done.

outcoldman 5y ago

Just to clarify the hours of productivity. I meant the person will allocate only 4-6 hours instead of 8-9 hours, and most of the time will be on FB, reading news, and spending time in chats. And whatever is left going to use for some work :)

throwanem 5y ago

Just a heads up, I think you may have typoed "shift"...

xtracto 5y ago
Haha thanks, gives a whole different meaning.
- throwanem 5y ago
  Thanks for the chuckle!
  - DonHopkins 5y ago
    >the real productive time in a daily 8 hr shit I used to take my PowerBook into the bathroom stall at work when I needed some alone time to concentrate, but it was embarrassing to get busted when it crashed and made that reboot sound so everybody else in the bathroom knew what I was up to.

presentation 5y ago

If anything I’ve been seeing lots of articles lately saying that because there are fewer boundaries between life and work when you’re remote lots of people are working far more than they did when they were in person. Idk the numbers but that’s definitely what happened to me.

quadcore 5y ago

Pretty sure 6 hours is even more productive, at least for experienced people.

swah 5y ago
I also think this is easier to test and the more realistic change. You can be available to clients/meetings from monday to friday.... And that would allow me to see the sunset the whole year. Would try to go to the park with my kid at 4pm every day.

closeparen 5y ago

Oh, 4-6 hours is the Zoom meetings. Anything productive is in addition to that.

tayo42 5y ago

I've done some work-cation. Like instead of 1week off I'll take 2 and work the second. If I'm in a different time zone, I've felt even more productive. Work with out distraction for a few hours show up for a meeting or answer slack when people start working. My mood might even be better because I'm doing something cool on vacation before or after work. The only people doing 8 hours of "work" are the people scheduling back to back meetings all day

dinvlad 5y ago

I think even that is probably an over-estimation. I suspect most folks can work productively (as in, being intensely focused on an activity) only for 2-4 hours a day, and the rest of the time is just "fluff" (which may or may not be necessary for staying productive). From that perspective, regular 9-5 in an office really "steals" our time, because we can't use it on more productive things.

missedthecue 5y ago

I think it's less that people do 4-6 hours of work per day, and more that people spend ~50% of the workday productively. In other words, a 4-6 hour workday means 2-3 hours of work getting done.