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4-day work week, WFH, and other things make people more productive. More productive means less people can do the same amount of work. Less people means the middle managers have less people to manage and less chances to justify their job. Everyone who isn't at the top or bottom of the tree will fight this tooth and nail.
Yeah, people seem to have some serious hateboners towards all managers but a good manager is godsent. A good manager makes sure you get to do your job in whatever way is most efficient for you (within reason if you're working within a team) and don't try to impede your work.
This. 100% this.
Doesn't more productive in this case mean it makes up for the fact they are working less hours?
So same amount of people but working fewer hours?
It definitely depends. I generally do work from home on fridays, but I give barely any fucks about work on Friday. I am way more productive in the office. That's said, my commute is literally 7 minutes so I don't really care. It's actually kind of nice to mentally transition myself from work to home.
Also, when I leave my work laptop at work I don't feel compelled to do any more work after I leave the office. When I take it home with me I have a constant feeling that usually ends up with me checking emails or finishing stuff at 9:00 or 10:00 p.m.
It's like homework that never ever ever gets finished and I'm tired of pretending that it's not literally homework.
I agree. Its super important not have "that feeling". It means I'm not ever really not working if I'm still planning what work I have to do later in the day.
I've been WFH from most of my career. I have the luxury of a home office and am very aware that its not where I go to hang out or do personal projects. When I'm done with work for the day I close that space off and call it done.
Yes, sometimes I have to work late or come back to it at 9p etc. I treat these as an exception the same as i'd treat going back to the office after dinner.