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[quote=Anonymous]I was going to reply to the thread about feminist bosses and teleworking mothers, but honestly, this deserves its own thread.

Why are we still doing this? Why are we still tying employees to a physical place, and a set 40 hours? Why are we measuring their performance based on time in the chair, getting in early, staying late? Shouldn't we be looking at accomplishments, instead of [i]time[/i]? Shouldn't we be providing for and encouraging every kind of work, to get the best outcome? Because there is NO WAY that every person in every office delivers their best product between the hours of 9 and 5, and that it takes them 40 hours, no more and no less, to get through it.

Of course there are many industries for which it wouldn't work (retail, anything customer service oriented), but for the vast majority of DC professionals, WHY ARE YOU PUTTING UP WITH THIS?? Will your work be of lesser quality if you do it on a Sunday morning? Will the whole place come crashing down if you aren't in your cube at predictable times, even if you ARE reachable by email, phone, IM, or text?

At my company, we just... work. We do our work as we see fit. If that means in the office, ok. If that means sitting in McPherson Square, ok. If it means that no one ever sees your face because you complete all your work between midnight and 5am, this does not matter. I've never waited for a response to an email more than 24 hours. Never once. Can't say the same about previous places I've worked where everyone was in a specific place at a specific time. No one is ever resentful. No one ever questions their colleagues whereabouts or makes snide remarks about their dedication. Everyone is VERY motivated to keep up with the work, to keep the freedom. Oh, and that 40 hours thing (or 50 or whatever)? No. No such thing. If you have 20 hours of work this week, you did your work and you're done. If it takes you 60 hours to get it all done, well, that's your job.

Time for a revolution, folks. Those of you in management positions need to stop controlling employees' bodies (the when and where of it), and judge employees on the work they turn in, not on the time they spend in their chair or the number of meetings they attend. I swear to you this works. My company has been doing it for over a year, and we're more productive and happier than ever. We haven't lost a single employee in the last year, even though I know that a few were offered higher salaries elsewhere. We are openly admired by all our industry colleagues; one company is making the switch this summer, based on our success.

It's a new world. Let's try to close down the factory mentality. [/quote]

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