"Cut the workweek back to 35 hours"
I feel like that's been the standard in a lot of industries - 9-5 with an hour for lunch - for a long time.
Is 40 hours a week too much?
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Re: Is 40 hours a week too much?
#62Yes it is. I have a job like that now that I got out of school. I've been working at it for 5 years and honestly it sucks all of my life away. Basically the week is all work with evenings being too tired to enjoy life and the weekends being about recovery for the next work week.
Luckily it's a tech job pays well, so I saved up enough so that I can quit. I'm doing that in a couple months, and after I'll just enjoy life and support myself with freelance work that I enjoy a lot more. F** the system, I couldn't care less about the success of any company or the products they produce.
Re: Is 40 hours a week too much?
#63Many companies think their employees are being productive for 40 hours a week, while it's actually somewhere between 10 and 20, with the rest being a big void. If you are actually doing 40 hours a week you are productive as hell.
> while it's actually somewhere between 10 and 20, with the rest being a big void. are you joking? 2 hours a day is nothing. > actually doing 40 hours a week you are productive as hell. i've easily topped 100 hours a week for prolonged periods. i'd guess it is the same for any founder.
Yeah, I think there is a pretty big culture bubble, and know people on both sides.
Some people spend most of their life working 60 real hours weeks, especially blue collar work.
I have a white collar workplace, and there is a big spread. There are people that do 20 hours of real work and those with a 60+ hour average.
I have done 100+ hour weeks of real heads down work & all nighters , but can't/wont do it prolonged.
As skeptical as some people are of merit based compensation, I'm confident that the willingness to pull out the stops and get it done has lead to promotions, raises, and freedom to scale down my workload during slow times.
I think it is interesting that some people simply don't believe that high volume work happens, is productive, or is even possible.
Re: Is 40 hours a week too much?
#64The real question is how can I short okta.. Some person or group in this company was paid to do this..
Re: Is 40 hours a week too much?
#658-to-5 is 45 hours a week. I'm still in the office, even for lunch.
Considering travel, it bumps up to 50 hrs/week.
I hate how this 10-hour "work tax" is always dismissed as part of 40 hour work week.
Re: Is 40 hours a week too much?
#66Many companies think their employees are being productive for 40 hours a week, while it's actually somewhere between 10 and 20, with the rest being a big void. If you are actually doing 40 hours a week you are productive as hell.
Despite what people think, coding 100% is not necessary most productive. Those meetings and social intersection are more useful than people would guess, it is hard to measure team cohesion and the power of good decisions like lines of code.
Re: Is 40 hours a week too much?
#67Many companies think their employees are being productive for 40 hours a week, while it's actually somewhere between 10 and 20, with the rest being a big void. If you are actually doing 40 hours a week you are productive as hell.
If you are actually doing 40 hours a week, you're probably working at least 60 hours.
Re: Is 40 hours a week too much?
#68Yes
Re: Is 40 hours a week too much?
#69Many companies think their employees are being productive for 40 hours a week, while it's actually somewhere between 10 and 20, with the rest being a big void. If you are actually doing 40 hours a week you are productive as hell.
I heard Elon does 120 hours a week. /s I haven't seen anyone doing 40 hours a week. At least not more than a week.
Medical residents work 80 hours a week. And that's an average over 4 weeks, so they could work 90 easily one week.
40 is nothing...
Re: Is 40 hours a week too much?
#708-to-5 is 45 hours a week. I'm still in the office, even for lunch. Considering travel, it bumps up to 50 hrs/week. I hate how this 10-hour "work tax" is always dismissed as part of 40 hour work week.
This is why I will only take remote jobs. I got sick of spending two hours a day in bumper-to-bumper traffic.