[293984j29384]

It's always interesting to read about different management styles. As someone who leads a large development team, this breaks two of my golden rules. 1) Don't micromanage and 2) Don't assume a "Daddy knows best" attitude. At the end of the day, we're shipping a product and as long as everyone is meeting their expected goals, I don't really care if they spend 8 minutes or 80 hours in the office. I tell my kids when to go to sleep, not my employees. If they want to work longer hours and get more done, they'll receive comp time and a nice bonus.

[marcus_holmes]

I get that, except I've had to send people home who were clearly past the point where they were doing any good, but felt that they "should" stay and get the thing finished. There's a lot of that kind of thing around - people feeling that they need to work long hours in order to keep their job, or show that they're committed, or whatever. Sending them home deliberately reinforces a culture of not doing that, of being responsible.

Working longer hours does not "get more done". It just creates more problems.