I think I read in the book "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand where the protagonist goes about searching why do we have the specific distance between the two rails in a railroad track?I don't remember the exact width, but the protagonist cannot understand why it was decided because there did not seem to be any engineering reason behind it. A lot of research indicated that it was based on a horse's ass randomly and people have just followed it. The risk of "We have always done it that way".
Th 8 hours weekday and 40 hour workweek was invented in the late 18th century by Robert Owen with a slogan "Eight hours labor, eight hours recreation and eight hours rest." which was first adopted by Henry Ford. This resulted in productivity increase drastically and increased the profit margins as well.
In 2015, I think it's time to reduce the workday to 6 hours. Imagine a work day from 10 to 4, it cuts back on all the unessential tasks that we typically do to force ourselves to work 8 hours. Instead if we spend 6 hours in a totally productive way, it might increase our happiness in all other aspects of our lives and also improve the business.
Spending all our waking lives at work or commuting to work doesn't even give us any time to think. And by the weekend we are so exhausted that we spend all our time drooling in front of the TV not letting ourselves pursue any other creative venture. At one point it feels like life is just passing you by.
A better option than a 6 hour work day would be no stipulated hours. If we are just paid for the results we bring in and share the profits, how many of us would be up for it? I know I would be.....
Used the following sources - http://www.truthorfiction.com/railwidth/
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-8-hour-workday-doesnt-work-you-what-do-instead-jeff-haden?trk=prof-post
Th 8 hours weekday and 40 hour workweek was invented in the late 18th century by Robert Owen with a slogan "Eight hours labor, eight hours recreation and eight hours rest." which was first adopted by Henry Ford. This resulted in productivity increase drastically and increased the profit margins as well.
In 2015, I think it's time to reduce the workday to 6 hours. Imagine a work day from 10 to 4, it cuts back on all the unessential tasks that we typically do to force ourselves to work 8 hours. Instead if we spend 6 hours in a totally productive way, it might increase our happiness in all other aspects of our lives and also improve the business.
Spending all our waking lives at work or commuting to work doesn't even give us any time to think. And by the weekend we are so exhausted that we spend all our time drooling in front of the TV not letting ourselves pursue any other creative venture. At one point it feels like life is just passing you by.
A better option than a 6 hour work day would be no stipulated hours. If we are just paid for the results we bring in and share the profits, how many of us would be up for it? I know I would be.....
Used the following sources - http://www.truthorfiction.com/railwidth/
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-8-hour-workday-doesnt-work-you-what-do-instead-jeff-haden?trk=prof-post
I have always had this thought. I believe America is heading towards that direction. From what I see in my company and from experiences of others in other companies, most of us dictate our own schedules in terms of where we work, how we work and how much we work and our employers seems to bother only about the results. Good one
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I agree, there is a lot of flexibility these days. But we still have a long way to go to create more productive work environments. The corporate structure was derived from military and the millenials changing jobs every 6 months or so reveals that nobody is happy with their job. In contrast to the older generation that just put up with things as they were, the millenials dont. They want a life that is fulfilling and happy!
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