… Time does matter because the agreement between companies and workers is money for time/effort. I'm not giving back salary if my project flops and they're not giving me (much) more money if it makes the company millions.
Original discussionAsk HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?900 source comments · at importCaring about the raw amount of time people put into their jobs sounds like a middle management thing to do -- rewarding showing up and putting in hours like it was PR. If the results are there, and in accordance with the employment contract, time shouldn't matter.
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When people were in the office, were you able to tell the difference between someone staring blankly at a screen vs actually doing work for six hours?
Full originalYeah I really doubt many people here would be happy about being grilled constantly about their output. I'd rather work in a high trust environment, but this requires actually having trust which is pretty hard remote.
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