would you be twice as productive working 80 hours a week as you are at 40?
surely there's diminishing returns, and it doesn't seem obvious that 40 is the sweet spot.
surely there's diminishing returns, and it doesn't seem obvious that 40 is the sweet spot.
If progress exists, it's going in the wrong direction.
Working more hours will always produce more output, even if the marginal increase in output decreases.
If the harder worker becomes dissatisfied sooner and leaves the position sooner than the worker putting in fewer hours, that increased employee turnover will result in lower company productivity and higher overhead.
The net result may be far worse.
it’s not diminishing positive returns. Eventually you work so much the returns go negative.
According to you it doesn’t matter if on the 49th consecutive hour the worker is basically dead and unable to come into work the next week. Overwork leads to loss of productivity and possible negative outcomes for the business if mistakes happen because of exhaustion.
In the real world there is probably some equilibrium for maximizing productivity vs hours work vs supply of workers capable of working those hours to that quality consistently.
Most studies show that productivity per hour doesn’t go down until about 60 hours, or higher for low skilled work.
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