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Obviously the point from the company's perspective is that they are leaving 20% productivity on the table because people slack off instead of doing actual work.

There must be a balance. You can't just say, as you do, that employees might as well go home since they aren't working.



> You can't just say, as you do, that employees might as well go home since they aren't working.

Why not?

As long as you are satisfied with the productivity of that employee, what does it really matter if they produce their output in 10 hours or 40?

I get that the idea is that "if they can do this in 10 hours, then in 40 hours they should produce 4x as much!" But that's clearly not reality. All that happens is that once a worker's capacity is tapped out, they find workplace-acceptable ways to sandbag

Employers can seethe about it all they want but that's the reality


> As long as you are satisfied with the productivity of that employee, what does it really matter if they produce their output in 10 hours or 40?

I have different expectations depending on whether you worked 10 or 40 hours. The _reality_ is that you and your employer need to come to an agreement on expectations.


> I have different expectations depending on whether you worked 10 or 40 hours

If I can meet your 40 hours expectations in 10 hours, then what?

You adjust your expectations upwards

You want my maximum efficiency for what you think you're paying me for, which is 40 hours

But if I know I'm going to do 40 hours minimum either way, what is my incentive to work harder and get more done?

"That's your job, it's what I pay you for, it is your contract" you say.

But you pay me either way and as long as you're happy with my output then it doesn't matter if I actually worked 10 hours or 80


Yes, that's exactly the wrong perspective to take. The right one is that you shouldn't try to squeeze the last bits from a lemon. The only get is bitterness.




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