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I work at Google, and I work ~40 hours a week. And that includes breakfast and lunch every day. As far as I can tell, this is typical (for Google).
I think you can get more done by working longer hours...up to a point, and for limited amounts of time. Loss in productivity still means the total work output is going up. I think the break-even point is 60h / week.
Does that figure take into account that the bug rate that you produce at 60h/week is going to be higher than at 40h/week?
Sort of. My opinion takes that objection into account.
But on the other hand, I don't have any data to quantitatively refute or support your point.
It was my understanding that Google provides free food for its employees partly because people who get company dinner are also expected to work past dinner hours. Is this false?
False. At a company-wide level, Google makes an effort to encourage work-life balance.
Ultimately you need to produce a reasonable amount of output ("reasonable" as defined by your peers + manager). How it gets there doesn't really matter.
I find it surprising to hear this, but it cleans up some confusion for me if it turns out that the major, successful companies in silicon valley do follow the 40 hour week.