Remote employees tend to work based on task accomplishment, not arbitrary hours.Īs noted, high achievers often work too many hours, but it is worth pausing to remind you that even robots need rest (for maintenance, downtime). While they sometimes end up working more than 8 hours, many times, they work far less.ĭays in an office are filled with distractions and busywork, but remote working allows for a more modern, reasonable balance wherein you work until that day’s goals are achieved. The transition away from punching the clock is a difficult one, and the most successful people that have done it tend to work based on results. When you work remotely, you often end your day wondering where the time went, and you can no longer point to your going to an office for 8 hours as an explanation. If you mentally tie your productivity to a number of hours worked instead of results achieved, it can be hard to transition to a task-focused environment. Why? Besides people popping in and out of offices, folks operate their side gig while on the job, scroll Facebook all day, earn their master’s degree from their desk, or binge watch an entire season of a Netflix show in a day. Today, studies show that most people only work 3 hours each day.
So, if you’re not a factory worker, does the theory of balancing your day into 8-8-8 (8 hours of work, 8 hours of personal time, 8 hours of sleep) even make sense now!? We have come a long way, but our hours haven’t evolved along with us.ĭoes anyone actually work 8 hours in the office? The magical number of 8 hours being for work was an idea solidified during the Industrial Revolution, aiming to reduce abuse of factory workers who were forced into long, inhumane hours. Our brains have grown accustomed to feeling productive only if we have driven to another building and interacted with humans for a recurring number of hours. Punching the clock is a hard habit to break. Now that so many people have had the opportunity to work away from an office, a surprise result has emerged – productivity is actually up! This is especially true after a pandemic has forced most folks into a remote working situation. Let’s face it – 9 to 5 desk jobs are rapidly evolving, and the trend of punching the clock is coming to an end.
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