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by scott_meade
4782 days ago
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"during a big project it’s important your employees don’t feel inclined to exit as soon as the clock strikes 5 p.m." That statement belies so many things about Mr. Pozin's outlook on employees. 1. The reason employees bolt for the door is because they have things to do. Believe it or not employees have lives outside of work. I can't think of any project that would be "big" enough to miss a daughter's soccer game or son's concert. And if that means I need to leave the office at a certain time to do so, then so be it. 2. By offering flexible hours, employers seem to be able to demand employees work long upon demand. No thank you. 3. Working long hours to crunch for a big project is shown time and time again to not be effective. Why not fight the cause instead of accommodating it with flex time? All that said, I'm convinced the best, long-term answer is to not be an employee. Instead, freelancing will continue to become more and more common. |
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The first week, 60 hours works. The second, it's still more productive than 40 hours, but not as much, after that, it isn't, then actively dips below a constant stream of 40 hour weeks.
So depending on how short your spikes are, it can be fine.