[mbesto]

We're gonna go in circles on this. Work more hours or less? What's the answer? If we continue to focus on one metric, we're going to continue looking at the problem through one lens.

The root of all of this (IMHO) is that our managers are currently incompetent. Good managers, motivate people, get their people to deliver on-time, and adapt the environment to make all of this happen. There is a difference between managing an organization ("You can't manage anything you can't measure") and managing people. The latter, I believe, is the problem.

[USNetizen]

That was a primary motivation for me writing this. More hours is not the metric we want to use to measure output or who's working "harder" or better.

It all comes down to the managers, who, unfortunately, are often influenced by this "longer hours must be better" mentality which is simply not true.