Bring back the 40-hour work week
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Bring back the 40-hour work week
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#2The 'knowledge worker' section would be a lot more convincing if it provided citations.
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#3This is the original article: http://www.alternet.org/visions/154518/why_we_have_to_go_bac...
Re: Bring back the 40-hour work week
#4The 'knowledge worker' section would be a lot more convincing if it provided citations.
there are several links in there citing sources, the second of which is to a paper from the author's relative(? spouse?), which it explicitly notes "contains a wealth of links to studies conducted by businesses, universities, industry associations and the military that supported early-20th-century leaders as they embraced the short week":
http://www.igda.org/why-crunch-modes-doesnt-work-six-lessons
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#5If the boss asks me to work 50 hours, I work 30. True story
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#6The 'knowledge worker' section would be a lot more convincing if it provided citations.
there are several links in there citing sources, the second of which is to a paper from the author's relative(? spouse?), which it explicitly notes "contains a wealth of links to studies conducted by businesses, universities, industry associations and the military that supported early-20th-century leaders as they embraced the short week": http://www.igda.org/why-crunch-modes-doesnt-work-six-lessons
Sorry, I meant to write about the 'knowledge worker' section in particular. I've edited to reflect that. The only cite in that section is supposedly to a US military study but actually goes to a findarticles.com page that doesn't directly support the statement being cited and that makes no reference to said study.
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#7I find I get about as much done "working" 60 hours as 30.
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#8One of my thesis committee members told me after I finished that I did not like working for bosses unless they were very very smart. This article reminds me that working as a consultant beats working as an employee. It also reminds me why I generally detest bosses. The thought of being stuck with a brain that could think approvingly about "keeping butts in chairs" in those smug unlettered terms fills me with pity and horror.
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#9I really like days where I put in those 5 to 6 perfect hours and then instead of the meetings and email I just go hone.
Re: Bring back the 40-hour work week
#10I really like days where I put in those 5 to 6 perfect hours and then instead of the meetings and email I just go hone.
What are you honing?