Overworked? Good habits, not holidays, are the answer

Post by refurb » Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 3:23 AM UTC

arca_vorago wrote: post #21

sremani wrote: post #4

Some are missing the point, most of the work we as software developers does not need long hours but deep focus. The best of the best are able to have 4 hours worth of deep focus, and we are lucky to get an hour or two of it. That would be huge. So the good habits that help us with focus and emphasizes on recovery like walking in the woods (our natural habitat), meditation etc. Its not the time, the hardware of brain…

On the same point, this is one of my primary frustrations as a sysadmin, because sometimes I need to be available lickety-split, but sometimes I need to be in deep focus mode, but my office environment isn't very conducive to deep focus mode... so sometimes I have to disappear myself to a hidden place just to get some thinking in. Or, what happens more often, is that my productivity suffers and I end up staying late…

Post by eli_gottlieb » Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 3:28 AM UTC

sokoloff wrote: post #66

DenisM wrote: post #44

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I know a guy in a project that generates a few millions per employee. His share is less than 10% in salary. In this case the discrepancy is easy to see, but the same is true in many other places where it's not so obvious. But we can see it in the big picture, statistically half the money in the country goes to the 0.01% or something along those lines. All the gains from productivity went to the super-rich. It doesn't…

I believe that an employer should make a substantial margin on an employee's labor. That provides a stable situation, covers for the employer's risk (if an employee's project/work fails to create value, they still get paid), and covers the overhead. If you want full value (which might be zero or negative at times) for your labor, you should start your own thing and keep 100% of the value you create. If my employer wa…

Post by gerbilly » Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 3:30 AM UTC

droithomme wrote: post #16

So "instead of" taking an annual vacation, one should limit their work hours to 48 hrs a week, organize their time better, and take up a hobby like knitting. I've got a better idea. Keep the vacation and cut work hours down to 40.

Post by thatcat » Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 3:37 AM UTC

refurb wrote: post #69

Retric wrote: post #43

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My taxes are inflated so rich can pay a lower percentage than I do or even just skim off the government. Beyond that, my Rent and healthcare costs are ridiculously inflated, but you can find a lot of padding in other areas. FYI even just at the federal level things are effed up. 33.9% of taxes collected are payroll taxes, but social security caps at ~120k. Hint it's just a tax, you can receive benifits without ever w…

Top 1% of income earners pay 50% of all federal income taxes collected. What would you consider a "fair" share of the top 1%'s wealth?

Post by eli_gottlieb » Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 3:45 AM UTC

kornish wrote: post #78

eli_gottlieb wrote: post #73

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> I believe that an employer should make a substantial margin on an employee's labor. That provides a stable situation, covers for the employer's risk (if an employee's project/work fails to create value, they still get paid), and covers the overhead. A workers' cooperative can do the same job. What justifies the privatization of the cooperative's profits to a single individual?

Where in sokoloff's answer did they specify that the margin went to an individual? I interpret "employer" to mean the employing company, composed of many individuals who, like sokoloff, also want stability.