Average Office Worker Spends Less Than 3 Hours of the Day Working Productively

Re:Average Office Worker Spends Less Than 3 Hours of the Day... by perfunctory on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @08:44AM (#19198865)

The current standard working week is 40 hours. 40 is not a magic number and it's not a law of nature. We need to start a serious discussion about reducing it. 32 would be a good start. Retaining the same pay. In case you worry it will destroy the economy check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_time

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Re:Average Office Worker Spends Less Than 3 Hours of the Day... by beatgammit on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @02:35PM (#19202004)

When I work from home, I get far more done in less time, yet so many employers are stuck on discouraging working from home. In fact, I'm probably more productive working 20 hours focused at home then 40 in the office.

I changed my work setup to be contact based (by project, not by hour), and I now get more done in 20 hours than I did with 40 hours, and I feel that's because I can:

- take breaks without getting flak for it from management - interact with clients/partners when I choose to (email, IM, etc, all of which can be muted/ignored) - work longer when I feel I'm doing well, work less when I'm distracted

However, every office has different expectations, so maybe mine was just particularly bad. IDK.

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Re:Average Office Worker Spends Less Than 3 Hours of the Day... by testbotlo2 on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @10:31AM (#19199585)

Correct. It has absolutely nothing to do with individual productivity of a person or with ANY kind of job you do. It's a cargo cult crap.

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