If I’m your boss, sitting next to you and in full view of your screen, and I’m there for 8 hours working, will the average person work a real 8 hours?
I was the best performing engineer at that company, handling a contract that was worth >20% of their revenue by myself. They loved me at that company, and I wish I had been honest with the feedback I gave during my exit interview, but I just couldn’t tell the guy my issues were with him.
Looking back at it, I understand why I quit, but back then I couldn’t even put it in words. Thankfully, I managed to keep all the friendships I made, including my ex boss.
You probably get a few weeks of “real 8 hours” before your best employees find somewhere less oppressive to work and leave your micromanaged company.
Your bad employees will stay because they don’t have better options.
I simply can't sit and focus working for 8 hours a day. Especially if its hard. I'm not a robot.
If I thought you were sitting there just to watch me to try and force me to work more, I'd leave.
I think for me doing dev, 4 hours is about the max before the quality of work drops off significantly.
If you're my boss, and I'm reading your question, will the average boss communicate clearly?