| Of the top of my head reasons why both things can be true at the same time: 1. "All other things equal" applies to productivity pool. A happier person or a more flexible thinker might gain productive hours. 2. With hobbies you (probably) have to do everything by yourself. At work you can lean on others for decisions, graphic design, frontend/backend and other things that might drain you more (because its not your expertise) 3. As others have said: Hobbies are optional Which probably affects you eventhough you _might_ still have productivity-reserves 4. Work is SO much more than 100% productivity. Meetings, social time, administration, clean-up, etc... might be things you can do while not 100% focused. And as others have said, everyone will be better off if you start valuing outcome, employee happiness, and other things as well. It comes of as kindoff entitled to presume that all personal productivity it something that you as an employer have "lost". |