It often feels like there are only 3 productive hours in typical American white collar work day.

What if we just cut out the rest?

Edit: Some great responses. So responses must have also been said about the 5 day and 40 hour work weeks.

  • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    49
    ·
    3 months ago

    Then you miss out the unmentioned part of the work - idle thinking. Not only the time spent typing something on the keyboard is work. All the time spent thinking how to solve a problem is also work.

    • boogetyboo@aussie.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      20
      ·
      3 months ago

      Walking to get a coffee is when I’ve solved some of the most complex problems in my head. Walking to get a coffee was also one of the few times I’d leave my desk. What even was lunch…

      • sunzu@kbin.run
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        3 months ago

        Office drones forget that society requires different types of work done to function… They ways got that bias lol it is cross cultural too

    • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      3 months ago

      That’s not how my employer measures productivity. They use keystrokes per minute. Gotta get good at idle typing.