Can anyone actually focus on work when eating at your desk? Don’t understand the culture of always quietly eating lunch at your desk yet at other points throughout the day everyone chats instead of...

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...working. Why not work when at your desk (with the occasional interruption) but take time at lunch to get away from your desk and have conversations with your team? I understand that sometimes there may not be enough time to step away for lunch, but not every single day.

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A1 got it right. I also sometimes want to decompress from work at lunch - what works for me is reading a few WSJ articles or something similar while I eat, hence why I prefer to take it back

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Honestly, some days I’m with my team from breakfast through dinner. And they usually talk about work. So some days, I just want to be with me. Also, if I have 8 hours of meetings scheduled, lunch is the only time I have to get actual work done

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I always step away from my desk for lunch. I find I’m more productive if I step away for a minute and then come back. I also take short walks every 1.5-2.0 hours.

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Americans have stupid work optics

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It mostly depends on the local culture: in England it is very common, in France very unusual.
I would rather agree that taking a real break at lunch increases your productivity for the rest of the day...

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OW1 Of course in this field they value time at desk more than actual productivity

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