Ask HN: Why don't companies hire programmers for fewer hours per day?
A lot of good responses here, but I think the main reason is being overlooked: someone willing to work more would take your job. They&#x27;d take your work by &#x27;helping&#x27; with &#x27;emergencies&#x27; that came up while you were out, then you&#x27;d be marginalized and you&#x27;d fail.<p>It would take a powerful credo from above to preserve such a position amid such politics. Most management probably doesn&#x27;t even have enough power to do it. They already have problems getting people to take vacation for the same reason.<p>And it&#x27;s the same reason you&#x27;re probably already working more than 8 hours once e-mail and Slack hours are included (if not outright spending more than 8 hours at the office).