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October 28, 2004
Asleep at the Wheel
Sure, we've all flirted with brief moments of desktop narcolepsy (say, after staring at that screen 13 inches in front of you for 13 hours straight). But at least a head falling on the keyboard will result in nothing more than a few embarrassing typos and white-collar bruises. Imagine the consequences if you were a doctor and PowerPoint presentations were replaced with live human beings?
This is exactly the case: today a
No one should be expected to perform 24-hours a day with caffeine as your replacement for quality REM. While this raises all sorts of questions about work-life balance and sanity, it raises a larger questions for managers: Do you load up your employees to the max at the risk of losing quality work (and happy employees) or do you recognize our limits as humans, and align your expectations accordingly? Have you taken a moment out of your 70-hour workweek to think about the expectations you impose on your employees and what you might be sacrificing?
Posted by Danielle Sacks at October 28, 2004 5:47 PM | Category: culture |
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Sure there are times when you have to do it tough but I think you lack a level of competency to allow people to continuously over-work.
Surely it must be against human rights to force somebody to work a 24-hour day. Go figure!!!!