Academics should clock their hours. They work too much and need to make it easily provable. Nobody should work 100 hours (I honestly can't believe it though), there should be time for housework, time with family and friends and especially leisure. (Thread) https://twitter.com/wmarybeard/status/1198351088832962560

I have a big problem with this tweet. Even if well-intentioned it sends the wrong message, that you need to work 100 hours to be successful (in German we say: "Gut gedacht ist nicht gut gemacht"). I honestly doubt that she is really working 100 hours a week over a longer period.

When is she doing her laundry, when is she shopping her daily necessities or her clothes. When is she meeting family or friends, when is she eating, sleeping, taking a shower...?

In my experience academics work too much, but also do not clearly separate between their paid work and their daily routine as well as their leisure time. Clock your hours and include travel to conferences, outreach and emails, but stop guessing!

I'm eternally grateful to @karolinedoering for telling me several years ago that she usually doesn't work on weekends, values leisure time and it has to be enough to work hard during normal hours or a bit more, but not to exploit and exhaust yourself in the name of science.