I enjoyed
listening to Jason Fried talking about why work doesn’t happen at work. I
haven’t worked in an office but I guess it’s almost comparable with studying in
the library at the university with some classmates. I lose focus immediately if
they talk to me. And if I sit at home, like I am doing right now, I can
work for as long as I want to and then take breaks when I need to. But the
thing that is kind of paradoxical is that I tend to study much better in
school. Therefor Jason’s theory isn’t entirely applicable, at least not on me.
But still,
I think that it’s sort of insane that people have to go to work every weekday
from eight to five! Who finds it optimal to live their life that way? Anyone? You lose so much time from your family and
friends who are the ones, sorry for the cliché, who really matters. I’m very
pro giving the employees flexible time and freedom in how to get the work done.
Of course I understand that you can’t let everyone decide entirely for
themselves, and that on several workplaces this is not possible at all. But if
I were a manager, I would let people work at home if they wanted to. Since I’m
studying economics, I get why people have to work a lot and understand the
problematization between the profitability and work time. Everything has to be
done in time. But in my dream-office, everyone
would be able to decide where they wish to spend their working hours themselves.
Jason Fried
also talks about facebook and that it is banned on some workplaces, because it
steels too much attention. Seriously, that is kind of strange. He compares it
with taking a break for a smoke and that no one would have banned that 15 years ago. Thus, in my dream-office you would definitely be able to visit facebook and
other social media on work time.
Also, in my
dream-office there would be cake on Fridays.
