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by poutrathor 2326 days ago
I see some. Top of my head :

Games development are limitless in scope and technical complexity and very passion driven. So, a developer could spend countless hours each night improving his game.

Next day, all the team has is a tired developer, drinking coffee and unable to code straight or analyse issues without missing subtleties.

Opening a wordpress for your mom and her gardening hobby is a significantly less time consuming task.

2 comments

If they're trying to avoid people coming to work tired, presumably they also have a no-children policy for their staff?
I'm sure they would if it wasn't against the law.
That generally wouldn't be legal.
In the early days of Amazon, Bezos rejected bus passes for employees stating bus passes encourage people to leave work to a a timetable and he would prefer them to be at office and leave only when they can.