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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by jrockway on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @03:06PM (#32416940)
What studies show that 5 days x 8 hours is the optimal point for productivity?

We picked those numbers based on tradition (and complaints from unions about the 7x12 schedule) well before software engineering was a career. Companies that do 5x6 or 4x8 seem to be doing fine.

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by CrimpCity on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @09:54PM (#32420716)
Studies looking at WW1 and WW2 show that 40 hours a week is optimal. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262809555_The_Produ...

You can use scihub to get the paper or here's a secondary pop-sci source: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190912-what-wartime-m...

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