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My boss in Tampa bet me $50 that skipping lunch breaks would boost output, I took the bet and lost hard
About a year ago my manager pulled me aside and swore that if our team of 5 just ate at our desks instead of taking a real lunch, we'd get way more done. I thought he was full of it, so I bet him $50 we'd actually slow down. We tried it for 3 weeks straight and our numbers dropped by almost 12 percent, plus two people started snapping at each other over dumb stuff. Turns out staring at a screen for 9 hours straight without a break just makes everyone foggy and cranky. Has anyone else had a boss push a productivity hack that totally backfired, or was my team just unlucky?
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williams.sage29d ago
There was a study from Cornell I heard about where they tracked office workers who ate at their desks compared to ones who took real breaks. The desk lunchers were way more likely to make mistakes in the afternoon and had higher stress levels by like 20 percent or something. Microsoft Japan tried a 4 day work week back in 2019 and productivity actually went up 40 percent, so its kind of the opposite of what your boss was pushing. The human brain just needs downtime to reset, you cant grind for 9 hours and expect sharp thinking. Your team losing 12 percent pretty much lines up with all that. Bosses love these hacks because theyre free, but the data almost never backs them up.
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