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The idea sprang from research that found people are typically engaged at work for fewer than three hours a day, said Perpetual Guardian founder Andrew Barnes. He said he started to think about the pressures that employees are under -- sick kids or waiting for the plumber -- and how those stresses affect productivity and cut back on hours spent in the office.
For some of us, less stress results in better sleep, resulting in fewer mistakes and more productivity.
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(Score: 5, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 22 2018, @06:09AM (5 children)
The day that management understands how this all works, the workforce will be slashed, drastically. Cameras will be installed at every desk, and any slackers will be fired immediately. You won't even get time to clean out your desk - security will pop out of nowhere, and frog march your ass out the door. Your file will reflect that you were fired for theft of company time. That will make you ineligible for most benefits, starting with unemployment. That's not entirely sarcasm, either.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 22 2018, @02:13PM (3 children)
I knew an ass who came in late, left early, if he felt like it, never did much for years. No one cared.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday July 22 2018, @02:38PM (1 child)
Government worker, by chance?
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--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday July 22 2018, @05:56PM
I'll tell you, it was VERY RARE for Obama to actually spend a full day in Washington. A day when he didn't campaign, fund raise or play golf was very shocking. We payed for Obama's travel so he could fundraise millions so Democrats could run on lies. Then we payed for his golf. While our wonderful president was out playing golf all day, the TSA was falling apart, just like our government! Airports a total disaster! I told Obama, if he'd resign from office, thereby doing a great service to the country -- I would give him free lifetime golf at any one of my courses!
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 22 2018, @03:35PM
I worked with someone who had two jobs. Would clock in in the morning, walk across the street to his other job and then come back in the evening to clock out making a couple of appearances through out the day. He was caught after only 2 months though.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by qzm on Sunday July 22 2018, @10:15PM
The problem is right now, a small fraction of the staff generally is already doing most of the work, and not slacking noisy of the time.
Yes, the useless slackers wouldn't lose much by not being at work, however the few actual productive workers would, while being forced to follow the same structure, which would be very bad for the company.
Of course the slackers assume everyone is being add slack as them, but cannot understand why a few are much more productive.
Another example of where collectivism and treating everyone as identical just doesn't work.