Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan. Productivity jumped 40%

Re:Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan. Productivity j... by humanlion87 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @05:48PM (#26497191)

That's a great point. This explains why I have not been able to get anything done after lunch during this extended WFH situation. I used to think it was because I ate too much or something similar, but this had never been the case when I was in office. Now I need to figure out how to trick my mind to believe that I can't login after 5pm :(

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Re:Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan. Productivity j... by fendy3002 on Thursday March 18, 2021 @10:53AM (#26503302)

> Now I need to figure out how to trick my mind to believe that I can't login after 5pm :(

That seems easy, set an alarm on 4.30 or 4.45 as a warning, then add a scheduler / cron job to shutdown at 5.

However from my experience, I tend to slack if my tasks aren't urgent, and only productive for 4 hours a day (2 before lunch and 2 after).

IMO it's fine since it feels more like marathon than sprints. If I want to be more productive, I need to raise each tasks's sense of urgency.

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