[email protected] skrev:
[email protected] wrote:
Stresses outside of work, affect employee productivity big time.
I currently work offshore, on a survey ship. Parts of the crew works
two
weeks on and two weeks off, other parts of the crew works four weeks
on and four weeks off. In this sort of situation, everything is
exaggerated
by a factor 50 or more.
Start with the food and housing. If any of these are poor, the
performance
of the whole ship is affected. People who complain about the food spend
energy on trivialities, that drain from their work capacity. People who
don't
sleep well, get tired and worn out very quickly.
Next, the contact with friends and family. A 10 minute phone call every
couple of days may be OK to stay in touch, but not to sort out domestic
problems. What was that $1000 bill that dropped in the mail two days
ago really all about? Why was the 5-year-old sick in kindergarden
today?
What are my chances with that girl I met at the part last weekend?
These are more or less trivial questions in everyday life; they can
become enormous at the best of times when one is prevented from
following up quickly and personally.
Then there is the weather. When at sea, you have to work on the
grace of mother nature. If the weather is too bad to do any work, there
is nothing you can do about it. Maybe you even have to seek more
sheltered waters. Different people have different tolerance to
sea sickness. You are expected to do your job as long as there
is working conditions what the VESSEL is concerned. If your tolerance
is lower, then you have a problem.
So you see, there may be lots of relevant "non-work-related factors"
to consider. True, at sea the conditions may be more extreme,
but the general principle and line of thought applies everywhere.
Rune
