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For those that only read the headline, this is an important caveat: "On the flip side, employees who work outside of standard hours by choice, to better suit t
by lexandstuff 3y ago
For those that only read the headline, this is an important caveat:
"On the flip side, employees who work outside of standard hours by choice, to better suit their schedule or to pursue personal ambitions, report no negative impacts and even a slight uptick in their wellness and productivity scores."
- MattGaiser 3y agoI personally do this a great deal. So many things that are not coding in life (from visiting museums to getting lunch with a friend to going to a government office to getting medical tests done) are far easier during normal work hours. Coding can be done at midnight, when none of those things can be done.
- tomcam 3y agoI'm pretty much retired but I have zero sense of holidays. I always worked much more efficiently when everyone left the office, and 3 or 4 day weekends were always pure heaven. (I liked my work though.)
- gsuuon 3y agoI wonder if that means pursuing work-related personal ambitions (i.e. promotion), or outside-work personal ambitions (i.e. side projects)? Could side projects actually reduce burnout?
- groby_b 3y agoYes. If you want to pursue them, but not if you add a side project just to battle your burnout. A core part of burnout is lack of control, and a side project can give you that feeling back - if you do it for the joy of it.
- LesZedCB 3y agoI read this as "who prefers to work non-standard workday" e.g. 11-7 which I used to do to avoid traffic. I really enjoyed it and the slower morning was really helpful for me. early morning stand-ups post-pandemic really killed my morning happiness.