This made me shiver

[Thorin]

The CEO of AdBrite thinks that keeping employees in the office longer means more work will get done...  Rather than, say, setting out specific tasks for them to accomplish each day!

From: Iggy Fanlo To: AdBrite Subject: work hours

I hesitated sending this email for quite some time and had hoped that through your direct managers I would see some improvement. Having said that, I continue to see too few folks here at 9 AM; and too few folks here at 6 PM. I don't care if you are a morning person or a night person; if you want to work 10-8 pm or 8-6 pm, but I fully expect each one of you to put in 9-10 hours per working day. This is still a startup and we need more passion, time and energy from each of our employees than a large company would require. If we succeed, the rewards, both psychic and financial, will be great. But for that, we ask you to give more than the typical 9-5 job.

I respect each and every one of you as professionals, and I would be VERY sad if I/we ever had to keep track of working hours for our employees, but I need each of you to think about your commitment and whether it is strong enough. Again, I want to repeat; for the vast majority of you, this is just an FYI and you should be content in the knowledge that I care about you and don't want you struggling alone long into the night. Those that work hard deserve more from their peers. It's my job to make sure that we fight as a team; we are only as strong as our weakest link.

Ignacio "Iggy" Fanlo
AdBrite
CEO

Oh, by the way, that was a memo the CEO sent out to all employees.

[Lazybones]

I think he will see FEWER folks there at 9AM and even FEWER folks there at 6PM after that message.

[Thorin]

One thing's for sure.  Within a year, he's gonna be wondering how the hell he can get morale to improve and stop people from always complaining.

[Shayne]

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_50/b4013001.htm

I saw something i believe on W5 that went deep into this sort of thing.  Best Buy Online is the model other companies strive to be like.  Most employees when given the ability to work on their own schedule put in more hours and more productive hours then the typical 9-5 person.

Since I've started working from home its not unusual to put in 60 hour weeks.  I work when I feel like it.

[Lazybones]

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_50/b4013001.htm

I saw something i believe on W5 that went deep into this sort of thing.  Best Buy Online is the model other companies strive to be like.

I think I saw a clip from that.. They found that some of the employees started putting in MORE time because they worked when they wanted to and just keept on working. The only trick was syncing up for meetings.

[Shayne]

I think I saw a clip from that.. They found that some of the employees started putting in MORE time because they worked when they wanted to and just keept on working. The only trick was syncing up for meetings.

The very same.  I was rather interested.  Made sense though.  If you are more comfortable and in an environment thats more creative and conducive to work then you'd get more done.  Working in a cubical and doing 15 hours worth of meetings a week just isn't a healthy climate for productive work.