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Would you consider 20% minimal? because that's the hours from a 40 hour week that are cut.

• k-mcgrady 12y ago
  True but if they are actually productive in those 32 hours it could work out the same. How many hours per day do startup guys waste playing ping pong and browsing HN? Maybe if they have the Friday off they would procrastinate less during the 32 hours and output would be the same. Personally I think a shorter work day would be more effective than a full day off as regards to productivity. Also, look at the number of companies that do/have done 20% time. If giving employees 20% of the week to do whatever makes them happy result in better productivity it would be fair to keep the salary the same.
  • jqm 12y ago
    That's a good point. I'm all in favor of people spending less hours at work and more of it working productively and getting paid the same. It's not just startups. In my experience, most people spend a good portion of their time playing around, chatting, doing stuff that doesn't matter to appear busy, etc etc at work. Then they come home tired. It doesn't really make sense. I think the fear is, if hours were reduced, people would still would tend to do the same types of things. So, it appears the standard setup is underpay, overstaff, keep everyone there more hours than they need to be, and assume at least some of the people are working some of the time.