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> Target 40 hours a week. Not as easy as it sounds. For me, doing 40 hours of actual work means staying 60h near the computer or in the office. I take too man

> Target 40 hours a week. Not as easy as it sounds. For me, doing 40 hours of actual work means staying 60h near the computer or in the office. I take too many breaks chatting with colleagues, or browsing HN. Well, this is my problem... Plus my company measures "impact". Unfortunately, lot of work which has to be done is not impactful from management's perspective, and requires working more in order to generate impact and have something to say in your self-assessment. Of course, everybody in my team do work more than 40h, so you have to keep up in order not be in the 15% of low performers in line for the next layoff.

jen20 4y ago
> I take too many breaks chatting with colleagues, or browsing HN. Have you considered remote work, from a timezone 2-3 hours ahead of others? It’s nice to have mornings free from distraction…
nerdawson 4y ago
40 hours of total work. Not 40h of your best work, 40h of output. If that lands you in the bottom 15%, I’d start looking for other opportunities. I’ve been in your shoes. We had time tracking and for me to consistently log 40h of actual work in a week, I’d have to sit in front of my computer from morning to night. Even weekends sometimes to catch up on what I’d missed. What a fool I was. I did that for years for mediocre pay (although I couldn’t see it at the time) to the detriment of everything else around me. It wasn’t worth it. Now I couldn’t care less. The whole “quiet quitting” phenomenon resonates deeply with me.
alkonaut 4y ago
I report 40h. I might be 35h at my computer. That might be 20h of productive work. No one ever questioned my work output neither in quality or quantity. The idea of the 40h work week isn't to be productive 40h, no one can do that in creative work. The idea is you are available 40h. If you are at a healthy workplace, then no one around you works more than 40h either.

jen20 4y ago

> I take too many breaks chatting with colleagues, or browsing HN. Have you considered remote work, from a timezone 2-3 hours ahead of others? It’s nice to have mornings free from distraction…

nerdawson 4y ago

40 hours of total work. Not 40h of your best work, 40h of output. If that lands you in the bottom 15%, I’d start looking for other opportunities. I’ve been in your shoes. We had time tracking and for me to consistently log 40h of actual work in a week, I’d have to sit in front of my computer from morning to night. Even weekends sometimes to catch up on what I’d missed. What a fool I was. I did that for years for mediocre pay (although I couldn’t see it at the time) to the detriment of everything else around me. It wasn’t worth it. Now I couldn’t care less. The whole “quiet quitting” phenomenon resonates deeply with me.

alkonaut 4y ago

I report 40h. I might be 35h at my computer. That might be 20h of productive work. No one ever questioned my work output neither in quality or quantity. The idea of the 40h work week isn't to be productive 40h, no one can do that in creative work. The idea is you are available 40h. If you are at a healthy workplace, then no one around you works more than 40h either.