Ask HN: Who is using WFH to work fewer hours?

Re:Ask HN: Who is using WFH to work fewer hours? by sdevonoes on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @05:23AM (#26887172)

> While I try to keep my working hours at 40 per week (as my contract says), I have the feeling that some coworkers are using (or abusing maybe) the WFH to actually put in significantly fewer hours than the expected ones, while still getting all the salary, and has become their new norm.

Why you care what other coworkers do?

As per your question: I have never worked exactly 40 hours (even if my contract says so). Reason: I can't do 8h/day of productive outcome. When I was working at the office I usually did around 4h of focused work + 1h of non-focused work + 1h meetings + 2h 'wasted' (e.g., chatting with colleagues, breaks, lunch, unofficial chats about work).

Since I'm WFH, I work 4h of focused work + 1h meetings (if any). That's it. The wasted time is no longer wasted. So, yeah I do work 'fewer' hours in theory. In practice, my productiviy has never been so good.

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Re:Ask HN: Who is using WFH to work fewer hours? by angrais on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @06:22AM (#26887576)

Do you tell your company that and do you have to "appear online" (e.g., active on teams) throughout the day?

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Re:Ask HN: Who is using WFH to work fewer hours? by sdevonoes on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @07:31AM (#26888183)

I didn't tell my company back then when I was working at the office that due to our open space offices, I was wasting around 3h/day due to difficulties to focus (and, well, mainly because I can't actually get 8h straight of focused time).

So, no, I haven't changed my mind: I'm still not telling my company that I don't get 8h/day of focused work.

Regarding appearing online: I couldn't care less (so no, I don't appear to be online).

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