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Work Marathon Guidelines

by lionhearted on 12/27/18, 1:07 PM with 10 comments

• by vinceguidry on 12/27/18, 8:08 PM

  The naming of the event makes it look like a silly way to get more work out of employees, but reading into it, it now looks like a clever way to give employees the latitude to tell their managers to fuck off so they can get some work done. Expected time spend on this 'marathon' is between 4 and 8 hours a day, and they warn Googlers not to push themselves too hard.

• by extrememacaroni on 12/27/18, 7:36 PM

  > Have you ever had a multi-day run of beautiful work?

  > Y’know, flow state the whole time, work is clicking, everything is getting done without distraction or interruption, the feeling of unstoppability, time disappears, work gets done…

  >… good feeling, eh?

  Yes, I get that with work that I enjoy doing. I don't need it with work I don't enjoy doing (doing less so long as I advance at a steady/estimable pace is fine), so this looks like working for work's sake.

• by ElijahLynn on 12/27/18, 9:02 PM

  That doc waits until the very end to say how to sign up, which directs to https://www.ultraworking.com/work-marathon, which says it is $100 to sign up.

  I might actually do this, just for the new experience, could boost my entire output over my career!

• by Artistry121 on 12/27/18, 9:09 PM

  I've been a member of Ultraworking and a follower of Sebastian's writing for a long time.

  Definitely a great way to kickstart a project.

• by ElijahLynn on 12/27/18, 11:29 PM

  One thing I like about this program is that it seems like the tool is spreadsheets, and not a proprietary, locked in interface.