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[โ€“] ECB@feddit.org 44 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

The worst part is... If you've ever had the pleasure of working with an American company you'll notice just how unproductive they are.

Obviously the two are closely connected, but it's always fascinating to me

[โ€“] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 23 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah there's that myth that if you make people work more hours more work will be done. It all makes sense on the spreadsheet!

Reality is the workers are human, humans get tired and you aren't getting more work out of anyone by making them work more hours. You're just making someone be at a place longer because you can.

[โ€“] Localhorst86@feddit.org 23 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Its basic math. A woman needs 9 months for a pregnancy, surely two women would only need 4.5 months.

[โ€“] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 14 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The spreadsheet confirms what you just said. Adding it to the corporate policy manual now.

[โ€“] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 2 points 4 hours ago

Also note that a pregnant woman has two brains, so they can work twice as fast!

[โ€“] aabrams@lemm.ee 10 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

So true. True efficiency can only be achieved when human labour is finite. Look at the small countries of norther europe. /my first comment on lemmee :D

[โ€“] moseschrute@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Welcome to Lemmy!!! Idk if you saw this, but Lemm.ee is about to shut down. I would switch to Lemmy.zip.

[โ€“] aabrams@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

Lemmy.zip is blocked in UK :( I could vpn, I guess