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Re:Smart Guy Productivity Pitfalls by itsacomment on Saturday June 17, 2023 @07:29AM (#36369274)
Calling bathroom visits 'productive' is exactly the kind of lie to yourself the article goes on about. So your product is time spent sitting around and shitting in a bowl? Then go ahead and optimize for number of bathroom breaks..

Breaks are necessary, and paid time, certainly - I'm not masochist enough to deduct every small break from my work time - but neither is John Carmack, nor is the author arguing for that.

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Re:Smart Guy Productivity Pitfalls by Noumenon72 on Saturday June 17, 2023 @03:19PM (#36373572)
Coming from a factory background, bathroom breaks are something you have to find time for. If you were to just take one during a changeover, you would see a lot of productivity go into the scrap box. So to me it makes sense to count them as part of the "paid 15-minute break" a factory employee gets. I mark my personal timesheet as not working then too.
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