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
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    505 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.

    • onoira [they/them]
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      315 months ago

      All the time spent thinking how to solve a problem is also work.

      try telling that to every manager i’ve ever had.

    • @boogetyboo@aussie.zone
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      205 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…

    • Che Banana
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      85 months ago

      Or the fact that most jobs are not behind desks or keyboard…

      • sunzu
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        55 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
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      55 months ago

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