Commenters on an article about the Pomodoro time management technique have criticised its focus on maximising productivity and the rigidity with which it expects people to work.
One commenter said that the technique should instead be about ensuring people take breaks and don’t work themselves into exhaustion.
Another commenter said that they modified the technique to use shorter breaks and felt more balanced and less consumed by work as a result.
Others called for more flexibility in work schedules and for deeper focus to be given to individual tasks, rather than adhering to a rigid timetable.
The comments also contained a complaint about the number of interruptions to work that people commonly experience.
