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0 pointsbluesign3y ago0 comments

40 hours work vs 40 hours office is not the same thing though. Maybe diminishing return starts at 30 hours of work, but still you can benefit from some relaxed schedule at the office.

30 hours work at 40 hours office time vs 30 hours work at 30 hours office time would have different outputs for sure.

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akiselev3y ago· 2 in thread

If those 10 relaxed hours actually mattered there’d be a measurable productivity drop. If it’s not measurable or significant, then those 10 hours don’t matter and we should get them back for stuff that does.

pc863y ago

No company is measuring hourly productivity, especially in anything beyond the lowest levels.

lolinder3y ago

It doesn't matter—if a company joins in one of these experiments and drops everyone to 32 hours, we should see a decrease in company-wide productivity if OP is correct that the downtime is useful. If it's not useful, then we should see stable or increased productivity (which is what most companies are reporting).

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