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Re:The language of productivity is now being used to advocat... by corbett3000 on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @09:17PM (#10781639)
We have a very pro-napping policy at our company. I'm the CEO and actively nap probably 3 days per week for a least 30 minutes when I'm in the office.

We even have a nap pod...and the pro-napping policy is written into our employee/HR manual.

Of the 80+ employees, I'd say 20% of them nap in the office at least once a week. Why fight biology? Naps are great.

Re:The language of productivity is now being used to advocat... by tarikjn on Wednesday December 23, 2015 @01:00AM (#10782196)
Just a side note as a fellow napper, 30 minutes is not generally recommended, but rather 15-20min, 45min or 1.5h if you need more. Timing naps is key, napping 30min will generally make you groggy because it's out of sync with the sleep patterns.
Re:The language of productivity is now being used to advocat... by Lewton on Wednesday December 23, 2015 @01:19AM (#10782238)
dont you think he'd notice if his napping left him groggy
Re:The language of productivity is now being used to advocat... by themartorana on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @11:15PM (#10781920)
We have 8 employees and a "nap couch" from Ikea tucked into our tiniest conference room.

Same diff. :)

P.S. Your company's domain is for sale?

Re:The language of productivity is now being used to advocat... by skrause on Wednesday December 23, 2015 @06:03AM (#10782828)
> Why fight biology? Naps are great.

Maybe I'm the weird one, but my biology seems to be not to nap. A few years ago I tried for a while to take a nap during my lunch break, but I just couldn't fall asleep even after 30 minutes simply because I don't even get a little bit tired during my work hours (I usually sleep well and enough at night). If I'm actually tired because I haven't slept enough at night and I manage to take a short nap, I feel even worse after it.

I'm still not convinced that taking a nap is actually the natural thing to do.

Re:The language of productivity is now being used to advocat... by onion2k on Wednesday December 23, 2015 @08:19AM (#10783123)
It's entirely reasonable that you've tried napping and found it doesn't work for you, but assuming everyone is the same and therefore napping won't work for anyone is somewhat irrational. Lots of things affect people in many different ways. Napping clearly works for some.

As for suggesting taking a nap isn't "the natural thing to do", what does that actually mean? Nothing modern humans do can be considered "natural" because we've radically changed our environment to the point that it's unrecognisable from anything in nature. There's no such thing as "natural" in an age of electric lighting, computers, processed food, mechanised transport, etc.

Re:The language of productivity is now being used to advocat... by Nursie on Wednesday December 23, 2015 @06:47AM (#10782921)
Same. Once I've started I want to sleep for many hours, 20 minutes isn't refreshing for me, it's disorienting.
Re:The language of productivity is now being used to advocat... by daniel-cussen on Wednesday December 23, 2015 @08:16AM (#10783112)
You have 80+ employees and your domain is.co is for sale?
Re:The language of productivity is now being used to advocat... by ones_and_zeros on Wednesday December 23, 2015 @12:04AM (#10782065)
If this is satire it's good enough that I hope it makes it into the HBO show Silicon Valley. If not...