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Ask HN: Why not optimize the number of working hours for each employee?
At some point, working too much will result in a worse outcome. But this point may vary from employee to employee.
So why not optimize the number of working hours for each (full-time) employee separately?
Employees might try to game this system but you could always fire an employee whose optimal result is substandard for the company.
- matt321 4y agoI have about 5 productive hours and I get a ton of work done. The other three hours I'm pretty much here commenting on stuff.
- tacostakohashi 4y agoBecause its less work to optimize the employees for the working hours.
- baremetal 4y agoyou are asking for the employee to manage the employer. ive worked at companies that only expected 4h of code a day. so maybe you are at the wrong company?
- aristofun 4y agoBecause fundamentally as an employee you’re exchanging your life time for money. Time and money are 2 core products in a traditional employment model. And we didn’t go far from this model
- muzani 4y agoThat's kind of the point of flexible hours. Employees work longer when they can and shorter when they can't. At some level, you just trust the employee is professional about it.
- krm01 4y agoIf there’s a good wat to measute this, I would love to give it a try.