Re:In Praise of the 5-Hour Workday and Other ‘Radical’ Ideas
by organsnyder on Thursday November 07, 2019 @10:21AM
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I work remote for a company that is very intentional in not asking for any specific hours or amount of time worked—business value delivered is the only thing we care about. Yet, I still find myself feeling the need to warm a chair (in my home office!) for 40ish hours per week. Part of it is still external pressure (my wife would have a hard time understanding if I was working less than "full-time"), but I also have to fight this internal conflict of defining "work" as "butt in seat" vs. "delivering business value". This despite the fact that I've worked salaried positions for the majority of my career.
One of the most important changes for me, going from normal employment to self-employed, was no longer being paid by the hour. I don't know what it is about it but when I'm on the clock, all I can think about is the clock. I love being rewarded financially for being more efficient than expected and finishing early, and I love having the liberty to take a bit longer (and accept that it's not going to earn me more money) to get the job done right to my own satisfaction.