That is, indeed, what 9-9-6 means: 9am-9pm (12hrs) * 6 days per week.
Re:MIT Living Wage Calculator
by kevinyang222 on Monday February 09, 2026 @04:23PM
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9-9-6 is also not full productivity for 9-9-6.
Office workers will eat lunch, take a 1-2hr nap in the afternoon, and also eat dinner with their coworkers within the common 9-9-6 rhythm. It still takes a significant chunk of time, but the actual working time butt-in-chair is closer to 54 hours
Re:MIT Living Wage Calculator
by hackable_sand on Monday February 09, 2026 @05:11PM
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You lose productivity doing 996 anyways so how can you maximize past that?
Just going off basic numbers:
- 3744/52/5 = 14.4 hour day if they work 5 days a week
- 3744/52/6 = 12 hrs if they work 6 days a week
- 3744/52/7 = 10.3 hrs if they work 7 days a week.