It doesn't sound like a reality based story to me. I mean, who has the energy to go all out 2 times each day. And when does he sleep? Discount eating, bathroom and commuting and there is not much time left.<p>Also after working 40 hour weeks for some time I think you really need a weekend to get some stuff done at home and all the personal correspondence. Also you really should relax some time, otherwise you burn out faster then a tea candle.
Being a manager and accutely aware of legal ramifications of hours worked (boring I know), does anyone have any insight into whether there is something in the US akin to the European Worktime Directive?
Over here (UK, but the E.U as a whole) the average working week is 40 hours by law, and the worker must opt in to be eligble to work upto a maximum of 70 hours per week.
As well as this 70 hour maximum, 11 hours must be taken between end of work one day and start of work the next, and an entire 24 hour period of non-work must be taken once every 7 days, or alternativley a period of 48 hours of non-work must be taken in a 14 day period.<p>Edit--my spelling is rather shakey.