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

Subject: RE: 40-hour weeks (was Re: FWD: Lack...)
From: "Simon North" <Simon -dot- North -at- quintiq -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:54:57 +0200

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.

Simon.



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