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Re:We Let Our Employee Set Their Own Salaries by zerr on Sunday September 01, 2013 @07:44AM (#6309952)
It originated from: 8 hours sleep, 8 hours work, 8 hours recreation.

But if you add a preparation, commute, lunch-time, etc... you easily end up with only 4-5 hours of "recreation".

Now imagine you have a wife, kids, friends, side projects, maybe want to watch SICP lectures, learn some Haskell...

4-5 hours is simply not enough.

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Re:We Let Our Employee Set Their Own Salaries by ry0ohki on Sunday September 01, 2013 @02:28PM (#6311463)
It actually originated from shift work. It used to be two 12-hour shifts, and then Carnegie and others realized three 8-hour shifts were more productive.
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Re:We Let Our Employee Set Their Own Salaries by zerr on Monday September 02, 2013 @03:44AM (#6313946)
Right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-hour_day

So after 100-110 years, maybe it's time to come up with even more efficient work day? (But keeping the right direction).

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