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It’s All Bullshit: Performing productivity at Google (thebaffler.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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It’s All Bullshit: Performing productivity at Google::The tech industry is supposed to be the cradle of innovation—but it’s become a redoubt of waste and unproductivity.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that drives me nuts.

People went from 9-5 to talking about 9-6, because that's 8 hours of work and then breaks, but breaks were always a part of it. Factory shift workers doing 8 hours had time for a sandwich.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. Breaks are very commonly unpaid in my country. So an 8 hour work day means being in the office for 8.5 hours.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

It's not uncommon in the US for labor jobs, and it's bullshit.