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I should actually be working 8h a day, but most of it is spend not working. If I'm honest I'm probably working more like 3h a day even though I enjoy my job.

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[-] Steeve@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

My company started prioritizing developer time by heavily discouraging meetings with devs before noon, and one day a week is supposed to be meeting free. We also just don't respond to pings before noon now unless it's an absolute emergency. Took managers a bit to catch on, but my efficiency has honestly skyrocketed and I'm loving it.

[-] huginn@feddit.it 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah we do no-meeting Thursdays.

Problem is when SLT decides they want a demo of progress and see all this "free time" called focus time on our calendars and stick a 30m meeting about 1 hr before lunch.

[-] denemdenem@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Mark it as busy in the calendar, that might keep them away. If marking the whole day is suspicious, make 1-2 hour marks with 10-20 minute gaps (or longer as long as it doesn't allow sticking a meeting in). Then make these "appointments" weekly and set the subjects(focus time) to private.

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