HACKER Q&A
📣 amichail

Why not optimize the number of working hours for each employee?


At some point, working too much will result in a worse outcome. But this point may vary from employee to employee.

So why not optimize the number of working hours for each (full-time) employee separately?

Employees might try to game this system but you could always fire an employee whose optimal result is substandard for the company.


  👤 muzani Accepted Answer ✓
That's kind of the point of flexible hours. Employees work longer when they can and shorter when they can't. At some level, you just trust the employee is professional about it.

👤 aristofun
Because fundamentally as an employee you’re exchanging your life time for money.

Time and money are 2 core products in a traditional employment model. And we didn’t go far from this model


👤 matt321
I have about 5 productive hours and I get a ton of work done. The other three hours I'm pretty much here commenting on stuff.

👤 krm01
If there’s a good wat to measute this, I would love to give it a try.

👤 tacostakohashi
Because its less work to optimize the employees for the working hours.

👤 baremetal
you are asking for the employee to manage the employer.

ive worked at companies that only expected 4h of code a day. so maybe you are at the wrong company?