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Do they do more work by working longer hours? People often do not. Output is not the same thing as hours worked. Productivity is output per hour, so its also p
by graemep 8mo ago
Do they do more work by working longer hours? People often do not. Output is not the same thing as hours worked.
Productivity is output per hour, so its also possible for output to fall and productivity to rise. This will be the usual case with fewer hours.
- red-iron-pine 8mo ago> Output is not the same thing as hours worked. factories would disagree. there are diminishing returns as people get tired and productivity dips, but there is still a direct, linear relationship. however its very different from knowledge- or social-based (e.g. sales) workers. there is often no direct 1-to-1