[legostormtroopr]

I don't expect someone to do deep focused work from 9am to 5pm.

But at the same time, I don't expect them to spend their 9-to-5 working for another company at the same time.

As a founder, who respects the 9-to-5 and supports WFH, if I'm paying for 8 hours of work, I want 8 hours of output. Not 4 hours of output, and then you working 4 hours for another job.

If multi-jobbing becomes a thing, then WFH becomes untenable because at least in the office you can be monitored.

[croon]

To be fair, you're either paying for hours or for output, because I assure you you are not paying staff accurately for their output. You can of course sack someone who outputs notoriously little, but if you get output exceeding your average "8 hours of output", you shouldn't care if someone made it in 1 hour or 16, or at least you wouldn't be able to tell.

I'm using "output" as quoted in context, it's such a nebulous measure unless you're specifically buying a product.

[imcrs]

Do you pay your programmers hourly or on salary?

[agubelu]

How do you measure whether some output corresponds to 8 hours of work, and not 4 or 16 hours?

[jakupovic]

He doesn't known what he is talking about. Bunch of wannabe founders waxing BS. If you want 8 hours of guaranteed output use a bot

[rustystump]

8 hours of output? I get it but poor phrasing.