> Honestly, for how many hours of the day are you actually productive?
Not very many. I would definitely love to leave at 5, and I know that this would make me more productive - in total! - not just per hour, but I don't want to deal with the fallout from it, since everyone else stays until after 7:30.
I tend to get in at 8-9, while others come in 9-10, but no one can tell how early I was in. As is, I'm already typically among the earliest leaving, and it already feels weird.
It sucks to have that kind of work culture, but it's really unhealthy for everyone involved. Is it at all possible to point out its flaws and make everyone's work-life balance better? Or to be the one to work sensible hours and make the rest realise what they are doing is pointless? (I know social pressures like this are very difficult to change, and I'm terrible at dealing with this type of thing myself. I'm actually very lucky in my present job that I can work flexible hours and 8 per day is totally acceptable--I could even get away with less if I really wanted, though I don't.)
I spent a year working 12 hour day and night shifts, so I can certainly sympathise with the hours. I got a 6 mile cycle each way and wasn't entirely desk bound then (industrial laboratory) so physical exercise wasn't an issue.
Get there a little bit earlier and either go to the closest gym or do your own self-led workouts (run/bodyweights/etc.), then get in to the office when everyone else arrives.
Not very many. I would definitely love to leave at 5, and I know that this would make me more productive - in total! - not just per hour, but I don't want to deal with the fallout from it, since everyone else stays until after 7:30.
I tend to get in at 8-9, while others come in 9-10, but no one can tell how early I was in. As is, I'm already typically among the earliest leaving, and it already feels weird.