| type="text/javascript"> ch_client = "articlealley"; | | | | about your subordinates getting paid more than |
| ch_type = "mpu"; ch_width = 590; ch_height = | | | | you?" |
| 250; ch_non_contextual = 4; ch_noborders = 1; | | | | He looked shocked. "But they aren't, are they?" |
| ch_vertical ="premium"; ch_sid = "590x250 Article | | | | The math |
| Mixed Top"; ch_alternate_ad_url = " var | | | | Let's do the math. Simon manages a team of IT |
| ch_queries = new Array( ); var | | | | professionals and takes home $100,000 per year. |
| ength)); if ( ch_selected < ch_queries.length ) { | | | | His subordinates are on $80,000 per year. |
| ch_query = ch_queries[ch_selected]; } "My wife | | | | Each month, Simon takes home $8,333. His |
| says I spend too much time at the office," a | | | | subordinates earn $6,600. If Simon works 11 |
| manager complained to me in a leadership session. | | | | hours a day, which is on average 220 hours a |
| "When do you start and finish?" I asked. | | | | month, that means he is being paid $37.88 per |
| "Generally I get in at about 7am and leave | | | | hour. |
| between 6:30 and 7pm." His wife was right. | | | | If his subordinates work an 8 hour a day, they're |
| Twelve hours a day is too long. | | | | making an average of $41.67 per hour. They're |
| "Do your subordinates spend that much time at | | | | worth on purely monetary terms $3.79 per hour |
| the office?" I asked. | | | | more than their boss. That's 30 bucks a day. $150 |
| "Nah, they tend to come in around 8:30 or 9am | | | | a week or $600 a month. |
| and leave at 5pm. But I like having the office to | | | | Working long hours is not good. It's neither |
| myself before they come in. I reckon I get more | | | | profitable in the long term or more importantly, |
| work done." How many times have I heard that | | | | healthy for you or your productivity. It starves |
| argument? | | | | you of the time you need at home to rest and |
| "OK, then," I started. "I think you're wife is right. | | | | recharge your batteries. And it also robs you of |
| But I've got one last question. How do you feel | | | | your ability to have a healthy work/life balance. |