The compelling case for working less

Re:The compelling case for working less by gerbilly on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @09:28AM (#15851883)

>I've never understood required hours.

They want you there to answer questions.

Workplaces value availability because it's too difficult to design coherent systems and to document them. Instead of that boring old stuff, in the modern workplace, we go fast and break things (or never get them fully working in the first place).

Then we expect workers to be always around so they can be reached on slack when there is a problem.

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Re:The compelling case for working less by godelski on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:27AM (#15852752)

Yeah, but with modern technology everyone is almost always reachable.

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Re:The compelling case for working less by gerbilly on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:49AM (#15852981)

And that's an unwelcome intrusion into my time off.

But hey, I like surfing, and you can't 'reach' a person while they are surfing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Re:The compelling case for working less by s73ver_ on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @12:09PM (#15853202)

I don't put company email or company chat (slack) on my phone.

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Re:The compelling case for working less by godelski on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @01:58PM (#15854592)

Would you if it gave you more time flexibility? And could set it to only chats for you, not group?

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Re:The compelling case for working less by s73ver_ on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @04:07PM (#15855992)

Not at all. When I leave the office, I want to leave work concerns along with it. My off time is for me, not my employer.

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