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.

  • flamingo_pinyata
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    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.

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      All the time spent thinking how to solve a problem is also work.

      try telling that to every manager i’ve ever had.

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      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

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

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        Office drones forget that society requires different types of work done to function They ways got that bias lol it is cross cultural too

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

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

      My wife, regularly.

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