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What would a 3 hour work day be like? (midwest.social)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by MNByChoice@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 50 points 3 months ago (6 children)

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@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 3 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 20 points 3 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...

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 5 points 3 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 5 points 3 months ago

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

[–] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 months ago

"I got no work done at all today, it was all back to back meetings!".

My wife, regularly.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

This is true. I tend to do my best thinking away from work, and not part of my current work time.