You’re on the clock, but you’re also on the clock
What does the sentence in red mean in the passage below?
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Now it’s time to get to work. On Monday and Tuesday, blow through everything. Drink twenty cups of coffee. Get up at 6 a.m. Eliminate any distractions at home. You’re on the clock, but you’re also on the clock to prove that allowing remote work is a flat-out good business decision.
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To be on the clock means that your time is being recorded, and you will get paid for it. The second "on the clock" in that sentence is a failed attempt on the part of the writer to sound clever. It is nonsense there, and I can't figure out what expression he confused with "on the clock" unless it was "under the gun", but he meant that your productivity at home will be a measure of the wisdom of allowing you to work from there.
- To be on the clock means that your time is being recorded, and you will get paid for it.
- The second "on the clock" in that sentence is a failed attempt on the part of the writer to sound clever.
- It is nonsense there, and I can't figure out what expression he confused with "on the clock" unless it was "under the gun", but he meant that your productivity at home will be a measure of the wisdom of allowing you to work from there.
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To be on the clock means that your time is being recorded, and you will get paid for it. The second "on the clock" in that sentence is a failed attempt on the part of the writer to sound clever. It is nonsense there, and I can't figure out what expression he confused with "on the clock" unless it was "under the gun", but he meant that your productivity at home will be a measure of the wisdom o
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