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

Subject: RE: 40-hour weeks (was Re: FWD: Lack...)
From: Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 08:13:07 -0700 (PDT)

Diminishing returns are generally seen in quality of product, and I'm
not sure this applies to whatever you do after hours. At a day job,
however, 80-90 hour weeks (in my experience) generally lead to burnout
and management taking advantage of the situation to avoid planning for
efficiency.

--- Simon North <Simon -dot- North -at- quintiq -dot- com> wrote:

> Stuart Burnfield says:
>
> > I do think there's a point of diminishing returns. Your sixtieth
> hour
> in
> > a given week won't be as productive as any of the first forty
> hours.
> In
> > fact if you work sixty-hour weeks for any length of time none of
> those
> > hours will be as productive as a normal hour in a forty hour week.
>
> I really do think this is a case of 'your mileage may vary'. I
> routinely work
> 80 to 90 hour weeks (not all at my 'day job' though); have done for
> years,
> and I still wish I had more hours in the day. Sleep's for the weak.


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