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I agree completely. As the employee in the scenario, how do you influence your boss to buy into this new mindset of judging productivity and utility?

• SatvikBeri 14y ago
  This is a fine art. One trick: in weekly 1:1 meetings most employees will start by just discussing their current issues. Instead, start by talking about what you accomplished last week and its value, then move on to what's next. This is still a natural conversation (discussing the past, then future), but it makes your value and results much more visible.
• rwallace 14y ago
  As the saying goes, "change your company or change your company." That is, if the ample evidence that productivity typically peaks somewhere around thirty hours a week doesn't convince your boss, quietly start shopping around for another job where the management aren't bozos.
  • pcopley 14y ago
    It's easy to make the argument that per-hour productivity peaks around 30 hours. It's harder to make an argument that you shouldn't still be working hours 31-40/50/60 (e.g. that you will accomplish less in 40/50/60 hours than 30). I've seen the arguments about bug count increasing as you're overworked and I'll buy that argument for huge work loads approaching 60+ hours/week. 40-50? I'm not as convinced. I average 40-45 hours in my cube every week and I can't say I'd be more productive with 10 extra hours at home.