Working at Joe Widget Co. and get a tight deadline for a new feature? Value of the work was already low, value of your extra effort is pretty much unknowable, why would anyone work overtime?
Early stage startup its much easier to draw a line straight from work -> value.
Yep, I think this point gets lost in most of these articles.
If someone is used to already working five hours a day and surfing Reddit for another three hours as a "break", then this less than 40 crap sounds like an obvious no-brainer - I can already hear the "but I get my work done in 25 hours for the week!" tripe.
For the rest of us who can work without any distractions for as many hours as necessary, it's silly.
Working at Joe Widget Co. and get a tight deadline for a new feature? Value of the work was already low, value of your extra effort is pretty much unknowable, why would anyone work overtime?
Early stage startup its much easier to draw a line straight from work -> value.