Just picked up on an excellent blog post via Reddit (some non-political stuff does still appear on there).
Deadlines, Overtime and Undertime talks about what happens to productivity when people work longer hours in an attempt to get a project finished for a tight, unreasonable deadline.

More code bugs, more sick days, lower morale, unimpressed client, reduced long term productivity.  Not the kinds of outcomes that suggest working ‘harder’ helps anything at all.

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