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But what's wrong working your contracted hours?
It doesn't work well in small companies. We are effectively a startup (despite the fact that we have been around 5 years). I work long enough hours to get whatever I'm working on done or come to a good stopping point and I prefer my developers to have a similar attitude. In practice that means some days I work 6 hours and others I work 12. Once a year or so something critical breaks and I work 24 straight. I also show up to work an hour later than all the business types, take lunch whenever I want and for however long I want, work from home a least a couple days a month, and am free to take a day off with zero notice as long as there are no big projects going on. The upside to the company is that we always meet our deadlines, the upside to me is a lot of flexibility on when I do the actual work and the ability to come and go when I please without getting harassed by the pointy haired guys.
-Mike
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