scrubbedexpat141

I get it. I just dislike the old school nature of not connecting general hours for the sake of it to look good and actual productive hours.

al dente

There must be articles about it in the FT and Economist. Print them out and leave them on their desks.

weasel decentral

That's pretty old fashioned thinking, unless you are in some industry that requires an actual presence regardless of work load.

I herd my guys out the door as much as possible at normal finishing time, I hate presenteeism and unproductive hours.

co durham boy

You do get a lot of desk olympics out here that's for sure . I find the rule if thumb is that you get nowt done if you don't put the grind in though .

ExpatAl

In at 9, finish at 3 - can't complain! Bit of sunbathing on the balcony before hitting the gym.

Definitely one of the perks of living in the Gulf although did feel a bit awkward walking past the CEO at 3pm on the dot...

mission

my timings are the same....although i usually get in the office around 9.15ish

UKCityGent

Its the best time of the year in the sandpit - 4 hours of work (10-30 until 2-30), in the gym and back home by 5 - only problem is then no coffee shop is open until 6:30 !!


Im going to try and hit my target of 1000 posts here but how the hell do I change my display pic ???

Meow

Somewhat annoyingly, I am very busy as those of you on shorter hours have time to see me this month. And professional contacts are often quieter so want to plan ahead so the freelance writing requests are up too.

I won't wait for the sound of a violin.

Bahtatboy

A Stradivarius, presumably.

Irishbeekeeper

This.
I make sure that my boys are always out of the door on time.
So if on the one or two occasions a month I do ask them to work overtime, they dont mind it and since I pay them for it, then they actually look forward to it instead of moaning about it.

Btw 10-4 for my office...and 12-4 for myself

nottmbantam

We're still proper old school.

Not only did we EXTEND the normal working day recently - now working from 8.30am to 6.30 pm ( an extra 30 mins added to end of the day ) , but during Ramadan, we insist on EVERY Saturday in at the office - instead of every alternate Saturday in.

Millhouse

Wow. And in my world I just had a briefing from one of our board members saying that as knowledge workers we can work any hours we like a day and anywhere we like - we just need to deliver on the output.

Which probably means more hours in the office.

scrubbedexpat141

Good shout.

Amen to that. It's all that matters. Sometimes I wish I had a job where there wasn't ALWAYS something more that could be done.