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GYN-k4H-Q3z-75B t1_j9g51bw wrote

Reply to comment by SniperPilot in Firms stick to four-day week after trial ends by blitz9999

I worked in software consulting for a decade and billed up to 40k a month at the end. I financed a bunch of people for years. I made an excellent wage myself, but it was insane how much more the people who actually did the work could have had if it weren't for the 40% systematically slacking off.

I eventually quit and joined my largest customer at a rate almost as if I was a freelancer. Because that company could see who did the work.

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Sinhika t1_j9ljlns wrote

That 40% "slacking off" is people working to capacity, and then refusing to work beyond it. Rather like mules, who will just stop working rather than let themselves be worked to death. Human brains do not work at full speed for 8+ hours at a time; 4-6 hours of intense concentration is about it, and that's for hyperfocused ADHD nerds like myself. Brains need downtime just like bodies; serious mental work is tiring.

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