Interesting Links for 16-03-2012

[andrewducker]

• Working more than 40 hours per week will quickly make you less productive. Do not do it for more than a couple of weeks.
  (tags: work time sleep business )
• Guidance on how to fill out the equal marriage consultation for England/Wales/NI.
  (tags: lgbt marriage law uk )
• A fascinating look at the infighting going on at high levels in China
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Comments

[artkouros]

I agree that working OT makes you tired and stupid, but not necessarily less productive. If you do the same thing all day, then yes. If you spend your days in unproductive meetings and your OT after hours doing actual work, then no. Wait - it's meetings that make you less productive!

[andrewducker]

If I spend 8 hours in meetings then the quality of any work I do after that is _definitely_ lower.

[octopoid_horror]

The extra bits I do that turn my 35 hours week into a 40-45 hour week are the bits when I'm most productive, regrettably.

[andrewducker]

Sorry, yes. it may well be that the extra bits I do (like today, where I'm going in for 4 hours) are more productive than the bits I spend in meetings.

But they're still less productive than when I'm working a 40-hour week (or less).

[andrewducker]

You have sensible employers.