I’m a software developer working from home, and I work 4 purely focused hours per day (using pomodoro technique). I haven’t told my employer this.

I keep getting told I’m doing a good job, and I know I’m getting promoted soon.

I refuse to believe I’m a 10x engineer, so what I’m left to believe is that either everyone else at my company is doing the same, or they are working 8 hours without focusing.

In years to come we will look down on the 5 day working week in the same way we currently do with 15hr factory shifts during the industrial revolution.

It absolutely blows my mind that 99% of office roles are still 5 days / week, Monday to Friday - why is there basically no variation on this model?

It annoys me so much that I've just launched https://www.fourdayweek.io/ (shameless plug)

Honestly it's worth pointing out that these figures are based on employee surveys. Basically employees who have more flexible work accommodations are more likely to rate themselves as high performers compared to employees who don't.

Also when you try to actually click on the links to follow up on the claims made in the article, see the methodology and raw statistics well surprise... surprise... the links are either dead or just go to some corporate page.

I found this line in the article more interesting (and more disturbing) than the headline: "The number of skills employers are looking for has risen dramatically — our analysis shows that companies listed about 33% more skills on job ads in 2020 than they did in 2017."

Three years ago there was already an issue with employers being overly specific in their job ads and making it look like basically no one (except maybe the person who just quit) is fully qualified for their position. This just gives even more room for companies to claim there's no qualified individuals and they have 'no choice' but to pursue H-1Bs or contract work (who also will in no way fully match the giant laundry list, but at that point they always seem to be less picky).

Yesterday I was rocking my baby to sleep for his mid-day nap, and at the same time reading up on documentation for a new library I’m using.

His room is dimly lit and very quiet, only some faint bird chirping out the window. The warmth of his body on my chest, the sweet smell of his head, and the quiet atmosphere made for the best documentation reading of my life.

Fuck the office.

> Gartner research shows that 74% of employees expect their employer to become more actively involved in the cultural debates of the day. I believe CEOs will have to respond in order to retain and attract the best talent.

the best talent won't be attracted to those companies long term. they'll seek companies focused on what they are building, focused on a well defined mission.

why? because they will get the most done and be more successful than anyone distracted by the day to day Twitter drama.

I used to be a "40 hours of focused work a week isn't even doable guy". After working at a startup, I believe this is incorrect. I think personally I have a capacity of 55-60 focused hours, and some people might have more, maintainable indefinitely.

Total side note, but the chair pictured really reminds me of the aluminum folding chairs that were ubiquitous in backyards when I was growing up. I'd love one like that for the (home) office!

This title needs editing...Compared to 36% what? 36% low performers, medium performers?

>Employees’ desire to work for organizations whose values align with their own has been growing for some time.

Weird.

I or We, here in Eastern Europe do not talk about politics in work "seriously", just sometimes more or less random thoughts, it'd be viewed as unprofessional to talk about stuff like this unless you're very close with your co-workers who are very fine with some banter.

Our lives are already full of politix I don't want it at my job.

You may argue that politics is still there, indirectly at big companies, but it's still indirectly.

> The gender-wage gap will continue to increase as employees return to the office.

We aren't going back, at least fully.

Office decreases speed of communication

"For many organizations [upended priorities] included responding to the social justice movements...

"2. More companies will adopt stances on current societal and political debates.... Gartner research shows that 74% of employees expect their employer to become more actively involved in the cultural debates of the day."

Ugh! I don't share woke beliefs, and no others seem to qualify to be worthy of non-derisive attention. I hardly want employers to promote these beliefs. (Worse is that they may feel fake in doing it. If there were an organizations authentic beliefs, that might be slightly different.)

Interesting times.

> Gartner’s 2020 ReimagineHR Employee Survey revealed that only 36% of employees were high performers at organizations with a standard 40-hour work week. Organizations that offer employees flexibility over when, where and how much they work, see 55% of their work force as high performers.

I'll wait until a more independent institution conducts a study and pass on these "re-imagined" numbers.

Original Article Title : 9 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2021 and Beyond

The 9 trends listed in the article are below

> 1. Employers will shift from managing the employee experience to managing the life experience of their employees.

2. More companies will adopt stances on current societal and political debates.

3. The gender-wage gap will continue to increase as employees return to the office.

4. New regulations will limit employee monitoring.

5. Flexibility will shift from location to time.

6. Leading companies will make bulk purchases of the Covid vaccine for employees — and will be sued over Covid vaccine requirements.

7. Mental health support is the new normal.

8. Employers will look to “rent” talent to fill the skills gap.

9. States will compete to attract individual talent rather than trying to get companies to relocate.

>The gender-wage gap will continue to increase as employees return to the office. Stopped reading there.

>The gender-wage gap will continue to increase as employees return to the office. Stopped reading there.

I haven't read the whole thing but stopped at this sentence:

> So if men are more likely to work from the office, and managers retain a bias towards in-office workers, we should expect to see managers over-rewarding male employees at the expense of female employees

This is frustratingly wrong in at least 2 different ways.

1. If an employer over-rewards a group of employees, it's at the expensive of the employer, not the other employees.

2. Even if you believe that other employees are responsible for paying the wages of the over-rewarded employees, then if the over-rewarded employees are those who work from the office we'll just see managers over-rewarding in-office workers at the expensive of from-home workers. A woman who works from the office would be over-rewarded, and a man who works from home would be paying. To say that men will be over-rewarded at the expense of women is to throw away a high-quality signal in favour of a lower-quality signal.

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