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Re:Why Some Men Pretend to Work 80-Hour Weeks by scrabble on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @11:21AM (#9458909)
Where I work now, I got talked to because I was working too much. Working over 40 hours / week was a problem. But my boss' attitude has changed somewhere.

He has always said, "I don't track butt in chair time. That doesn't matter. What matters is that you get work done."

People lived that. They got their work done and work was fairly flexible and happy.

The message has changed to "I don't track butt time. As long as you are here 40 hours / week, you can spend as much additional time working as you want."

Not surprisingly, unhappiness has increased significantly and productivity has taken a corresponding hit.

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Re:Why Some Men Pretend to Work 80-Hour Weeks by joshguthrie on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @11:35AM (#9459046)
Did the switch (and switched companies) the other way around: I've never been happier. My CTO even gave me the day off yesterday to spend time with my girlfriend I hadn't seen in two weeks.
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