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> or actively destructive!

Business considerations aside, monetary penalty attached to procrastination/doomscrolling might do wonders for the developers' mental wellbeing.

For the penalty, I would suggest an extension of the model my recent client had me implemented for his blue collar workers: every missed hour (rounding up) is deducted from the pay.

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Good luck finding skilled developers to work under these conditions. Workers will go to the companies that respect them and offer the most freedom. Example, I've been working remote for years now and will never go back into the office.

> monetary penalty attached to procrastination/doomscrolling might do wonders for the developers' mental wellbeing.

Heh. Does HN count? This is pretty much the last "social" site I allow myself.

> every missed hour (rounding up) is deducted from the pay.

Wow! Where's that legal? It wouldn't be in my jurisdiction.

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