Cause 40hrs a week is a schedule for workers on a production line with machine tools doing monotonous work. It's hard, but it doesn't require you to think much. Thinking, changing contexts is hard.

Ah, also you really are a resource, only your employer is a resource for you too, to get money which you then use for your own purposes. You are mutually resources for each other, that's the point.

Well, also it seems that in the olden days, when we didn't have internet etc, it was a bit more normal to do your own hobbies etc at work, unofficial tea breaks, and in general many things other than work. Though I'm from Russia, and the Soviet joke says "they imitate pay, we imitate work".

[–] szczuroarturo@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Some IT companies also try to make sure you can work on your hobbies in free Time ( in my case it works like this. Here is a room with 3d printers raspberry pi etc. Have fun, Just make sure your work is done and clients dont complain )

[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can't speak about other people, but for me such things really improve efficiency. You should be able to relax when doing intellectual work.

[–] Nekomancer@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah like, in my current WFH implementation support position I'm able to work on school work and paint Warhammer minis if everything else is done. I'm gaining new skills which will benefit the company thanks to going to school, thanks to the hobbying I'm happier so my mental health is better so I'm able to have near perfect attendance, and still all my work scheduled is done every day. I really don't see why this idea that ppl need to be working 100% of the workday every day persists. The situation I'm in is basically a win all around, but some suit with a spreadsheet still sees only the opportunity cost lost by <100% productivity which yields .1% lower profits or something

[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

That suit is incompetent. He compares real metrics with imagined metrics, of course the latter are going to be better.

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