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What does going to the bathroom cost the tech industry? Why don't tech workers wear diapers so that roughly 15-20 mins per day is saved, translating to million
by steven2012 13y ago
What does going to the bathroom cost the tech industry? Why don't tech workers wear diapers so that roughly 15-20 mins per day is saved, translating to millions of dollars saved per year?
What does eating meals cost the tech industry? What if Google instead spent money investing in Soylent, would the ROI be higher if they simply fed their workers intravenously so that they could save 90 mins?
Not everything is measured in time and dollars and cents. That's the whole reason why the prevailing attitude in Silicon Valley isn't how much time you spend at the office, but that you get your work done. Asking stupid questions like this propagate that same old mentality that spending time on fun tasks "costs" the company.
- jedberg 13y ago> Asking stupid questions like this propagate that same old mentality that spending time on fun tasks "costs" the company. Your own bias is showing here. I didn't say cost was a bad thing -- you just assumed it is. Lots of good things cost money -- server time, employees, marketing, etc. I was just interesting in figuring out the cost, not trying to say it is bad. If I wanted to say it was bad I would have used a word like "waste". I did not use that word.