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1001 points genericlemon24 | 3 comments | 06 Sep 25 13:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.843s | source
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whstl ◴[06 Sep 25 15:55 UTC] No.45150377[source]▶
996 is just theater for investors.

Saw this happening even at YC companies. There was always that stupid expectation of overworking, staying until 9.

The reality is that people twiddle thumbs.

And the disorganization and micromanagement power plays are enough to negate any additional worked hour.

This ranges from pure disorganization in terms of what to build to having 3 hour meetings with the whole fucking company where the CEO pretends they have something worthwhile to say for 3 hours.

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1. abustamam ◴[06 Sep 25 20:10 UTC] No.45152453[source]▶
I go to the office once a week. We get stuff done. But we spend a lot of time just shooting the shit. Ironically (or not), our boss is the biggest shit-shooter. And we work 8 hour days.

I have no idea what we would do if we had to work 12 hour days. There literally isn't enough work to do. Probably just shoot more shit.

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2. whstl ◴[08 Sep 25 11:23 UTC] No.45166965[source]▶
A lot of development work is busywork or just plain inefficient work.

Only teams able to shoot the shit have slack for actual emergencies or actual required improvements.

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3. abustamam ◴[08 Sep 25 16:25 UTC] No.45170257[source]▶
Agreed. I can't find it, but I remember seeing an article/blog post shared on HN about the importance of slack. Impossible to search for it given the name of a popular communication software :)

But essentially it was about a secretary who wasn't booked wall-to-wall with meetings and tasks. She had some meetings but otherwise just able to do whatever she needed to do.

Then, when an emergency happened and she was needed right away to cancel a meeting or make a last minute adjustment, she was able to hop right onto it.

When a team is slammed with P1 tasks all day/week long, and every task is P1, then when an actual urgent matter happens then the team is unable to respond in an efficient manner.