Yes I Still Want To Be Doing This at 56

Re:Yes I Still Want To Be Doing This at 56 by ken on Friday October 05, 2012 @12:09PM (#4617443)

I only skimmed that article, but I don't see anywhere it says 40 hours is optimal. I only see where it says every hour beyond 40 is harmful:

"By the eighth hour of the day, people's best work is usually already behind them (typically turned in between hours 2 and 6)."

It sounds like 30 hours might well be optimal, but has simply never been tested.

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Re:Yes I Still Want To Be Doing This at 56 by henrik_w on Friday October 05, 2012 @01:03PM (#4617677)

You're right. Good point.

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Re:Yes I Still Want To Be Doing This at 56 by mattm on Saturday October 06, 2012 @02:11AM (#4619940)

Actually it has. See Kellogg's 6 hour day

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Re:Yes I Still Want To Be Doing This at 56 by ken on Sunday October 07, 2012 @11:10AM (#4623458)

That looks like it's about round-the-clock shifts for factory workers. I can think of a lot of differences between that and, say, computer programmers that might render the conclusion less relevant.

For example, I don't know any software companies in the world that build software with 3 8-hour shifts of workers.

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