Re: 40-hour weeks (was Re: FWD: Lack...)

["Pro TechWriter" <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Nicely said, Mary :-)

For me, I can divide the work up between me, and .... Me! I am a lone
writer, and my workload varies. There is *no one* else to do it, and because
I am in a regulated industry, sometimes that means I must work overtime to
get 'er done. And I can do a lot of work in a short time, believe me, so
it's not inefficiency. (And I answer e-mail and post to the lists I ready
while I compile my huge help files, if you were wondering.)

This is like anything else: it is easy to over-generalize based on one's
experience, but what is true for one company may not be the same for
another.

PT


On 7/2/07, Mary Arrotti <mary_arrotti -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
>
> It's hard to disagree with what someone describes as their experience.
> That said - the situation Chris describes has never been true in my many
> years of experience.
>
> Everywhere I've worked, the people who work the extra hours generally are
> also going the extra mile or have heavy workloads than their coworkers.
> There are exceptions - I've known a few people to stay late just to look
> better - to give the (false) impression they're working overtime. But for
> the most part - in my experience, it's been people who rigidly hold to a
> 40-hour week who are less productive and quality-conscious.
>
>
> --
> PT
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