March 31st, 2009
Dan Benjamin on Offices and The Creativity Zone:
The corporate world rewards based on perceived productivity rather than accomplishment.
This really struck a cord for me. It seems at many companies (big and small), there’s this unwritten rule that you should arrive and leave work around the same time as your manager (if not before and after).
At the start of their careers, people feel the need to put in the extra hours in order to get ahead, but reward should be based on contributions and not face time.
