That’s true. That’s why is m against people with a 30% allocation on my team. Projekt Managers think you can just split a person’s work into parts but when somebody is allocated at 30% tk you, you actually get way less performance.
For the person working it, both sides often expect priority or "more" than 50%.
When someone wants to 50/50 me, I tell them, 51/49 is fine. But there must be a clear priority when there's a conflict.
Strangely, when I do this, the urge to 50/50 me usually goes away. I have nothing against working 2-4 projects. But there must be clear priorities, or I must be able to set them.
The only time this can work if the person knows their work really well and can do it in their sleep. Otherwise the context switches are way too much for most people.
50+50% but each week it's clear what the priority is? And fewer task switches
(But I guess most of the time it s better to focus on one & finish it first)