What's keeping you from going home?

Work ethic?

You encouraged me to take advantage of a break in never ending rain and hit the driving range.
Thanks.

It requires a corporate culture.Every one wants work to be attended the the erliest possible time.But once one starts leaving office after completion of work,more work will be alloted to him/her so that he/she can not leave before the office hours.The culture is yet to come,and management may feel its employees are indisciplined,and restrict the same employee in one way or other.But the idea is nice and productive.

It is nice and productive ,but how many companies adhere to it theough they also like it?What about the time schedule and the payment terms?It requires a corporate policy which is yet to come.No one will understand that he/she has completed his/her work.More work will be alloted so that she /he goes late andleaving some work unfinished.This is the present situation.

I think, it become a trend to stay late in office.
See, how busy I am. Almost it become 10-11 pm by the time I leave office. I manage multitask. Then I have meet on Skype almost other day at 11pm (as my client resides in USA) etc. etc.
That’s what people say!!!

"don't get me started, alice"...Ralph Kramden. Try this on for size, people stay late (in this country) because this is this fear in the back of their minds that they can get fired. (Six Sigma??)
You're only as good as yesterday's reports. I know people who develope con-artist skills of walking around with files in their hands or brief cases as props. Looks good. "Perception is reality." The right haircut, shirt, ride with the boss in the elevator, all count for longevity.
Why are you working so late, dear reader? People run out of ideas as to how to dodge bullets, most are just trying to hold onto their jobs.

Work ethic? Work ethic is what makes yyou do your job, do it correctly, and fix any small errors before they become big ones. Somehow, many people have confused "work ethic" with "hours worked". They think that if they put in 10, 12, 16 hour days, they are somehow "better workers". They're killing themselves slowly, killing their home and family relationships. And guess what? These people are no more immune to firing than the rest of us.

It's 6pm. Go home.

Amen! And I took all day Friday off to play with my kids, so I'm working from home a couple hours this afternoon. So what if you're in the office at 6:00, Keith? That doesn't tell us the whole story. "Earlier" looks different to each person.

Keith, I do appreciate the call-out on the 2nd annual national Leave the Office Earlier day. (If anyone wants to pledge: www.TheProductivityPro.com.) To answer your question—YES—many professionals have successfully improved their personal productivity and reduced their workday from ten to eight hours. I founded The Productivity Pro®, Inc. in 1992 and present over 100 productivity improvement seminars a year, so I can cite hundreds of examples myself. It's absolutely true that one person who works an eight-hour day can be more productive than someone who works ten. It doesn't matter how many hours your butt's in your seat if you’re not producing results.

What’s keeping people at work? One reader posted it’s because people are afraid of losing their jobs. That USED to be the answer (a fearful worker is a productive worker). But the pendulum is swinging, and we haven’t seen the astronomical levels of worker productivity as in the recession of 2002-2003. Workers have had it with the long hours! U.S. productivity was back down to a comfortable 2.7 percent in 2005, and compensation is up 2.8% in 4Q05.

So what’s the problem? Certainly, the issue is never the same for any two people. Maybe you’re a procrastinator, a perfectionist, a piler, a packrat, a meeting addict, a multi-tasker, an interrupter, a socializer, a crisis creator, and so on. Do you have hundreds of emails in your in-box? Have you forgotten how to concentrate? Are you falling asleep at your desk for lack of sleep? Are you a control freak and lucky enough to have an assistant but too paranoid to delegate appropriately? Are you selecting work based on what you feel like doing, not what you should? Does your technology control you? The causes for long hours are endless and usually within your control. It’s tempting to blame everyone and everything around you and never take personal responsibility.

I simply challenge folks to look at their productivity issues and at least for one day, rise above them on June 2. Maybe after enjoying the feeling of a reduced workday, they might try it once a week, then twice, then… If you’re working twelve hours now, I’d be delighted for you at eleven, as long as your results haven’t suffered. Productivity is your friend! It’s good for you, your company, and the economy.

I unabashedly recommend my own bestselling book Leave the Office Earlier (Broadway Books, 2004), which is published in five foreign languages and seven countries. My passion is helping people accomplish results in less time through productivity improvements, leave earlier, and get home to their lives. If anyone wants to play, sign up to receive a free 10 day e-Course on how to leave the office earlier: www.TheProductivityPro.com. My blog: http://theproductivitypro.typepad.com/the_productivity_pro/

Leaving the office earlier (as long as sufficient work has been done) is all very well if the office culture supports that approach. Many offices that I've worked in have an irrational concept that to achieve one needs to spend copious amounts of time at one's desk. Obviously the thing to do is not work for companies with silly ideas, but this is not always possible. It is also not possible (often) to change culture about things like this in the office as incumbent management has too much invested in the status quo.

believe it or not... the company for which I work expects 9 hour days as a minimum! The expected work week to be reporting into the time reporting system is 45 hours.

I once worked for a horrible company who based your salary on 48 hours a week. I'm not even sure that's legal. People stayed in their cubes pretending to work an extra hour or two every day just to look like they were collecting their paychecks.

I think people work late because A)they have poor time management; B)their company expects it; or C)they don't want to go home and/or have nothing to go home to.

I hate corporate cultures that encourage "face time." It's not "face time," it's WASTE time. If people are staying late every night, just because other people are staying late, that's a sad state of affairs. I've worked at the same company for 7 years. Because I worked long hours at my last job, I made a deal with myself that I was rarely going to put any overtime in at this job. Even though others in my office were staying past 6pm every night, I would get up and leave at 5pm every night. People would give me looks like I was crazy, and some of my co-workers couldn't believe I would "take this kind of risk." Well, this company has had 4 rounds of lay-offs in the past 7 years (many of those laid off have been those who stayed late every night), and I'm still working here, even though I've left at 5pm virtually every day since I started 7 years ago. Maybe I just found the right place to work, but I think people who are immersed in a "face time" work culture should start looking for a new place to work. It's not worth it. Your time could certainly be spent more wisely.

I don't like to point fingers, but the baby boomers are a big part of the problem. To them, increased productivity means "make more money in your 10 hour work day," while increased productivity to the Gen Xers like me means, "get done in 8 hours what you used to get done in 10 and GO HOME!"

Most of the Gen Xers tend to want more family time even if it means less money. I've worked 55-60 hour weeks at my firm for 7 years, and I'm so tired of it. Most people my age despise the workaholic firm culture (including me, can you tell?), but as long as the 55+ crowd is calling the shots, nothing is going to change. People are too scared everything will fall apart if we worked 45-50 hour work weeks. What is wrong with us? The culture change has to come from the top.

In most of the companies I consult with the workload has continued to increase because it is difficult to decide what to stop doing. In strategy sessions management groups create longer and longer lists of initiatives, projects, opportunities - and then set annual goals to move on ALL of them. A lack of focus means no one knows what to say no to. Couple this with senior leaders who backpedal on tough decisions when a client or top rep complains and you understand where the work is coming from. Each individual contributor needs to ask clearly "What is the priority?" and keep asking - until they clearly know how their time is best spent. As to how much time a person should give to their company - it depends on what they have decided is fair, equitable and worth the work. The reality is you have to set your own boundaries and remember that, at least in our country, you have more choices than you think.

I used to work 70 hours per week and at lest 6 days a week if not 7 for 26 years. I got so used to this horrible routine that I did not realize how much it was hurting me mentally and physically as well as my family life. The best thing that happened to me was getting a new job (same company)and I decided that I was putting in no more than 45 hours per week and only Mon-Fri. It has been the best thing that I have ever done. Even though I occasionally travel I am home more often and feel 100% better. I can believe how much more energy I have and the 2 day weekends are awesome.
The best thing is now I make so much more money and work less for it. In my previous position I as well as my co-workers were not appreciated for our hard work or time that we put in for free. I am finally being rewarded for 26 years of hard work!!!

Steve, even if that's your reward for 26 years of killing yourself and ruining your family life, that system is still broken and I think you'd agree that you shouldn't have had to go through it.

I think your new situation is your reward for a moment of enlightenment. And we can all benefit from that without having to put in decades of abuse to 'earn' work/life balance.

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