• Nearly 45% of tech workers in a Blind poll said they spend four hours or fewer on "focused work."

• Only about 25% of poll respondents said they worked eight hours or more per day.

• Some said their work is 'mentally draining,' while others said they're distracted by administrative tasks.

Some high-paid tech workers say they're only spending a few hours a day doing "real work," according to a new poll on the anonymous job messaging site Blind.

Last week, a tech worker asked thousands of their peers how much time they spend on "focused work" each day. The Blind poster, who works for the digital product and engineering company Akvelon, said they spent about three to three and a half hours each work day doing "focused work" as a software engineer.

"I need a long break (2h) before I get any motivation back and regain my ability to focus," the worker wrote on Blind. "Although I could go back to work after 2-3h break, but why would I? WFH rocks!"

The median compensation for a software engineer at Akvelon is about $190,000 per year, according to Glassdoor.

Blind allows its users to post anonymously, but requires them to verify their status as an employee of a particular company by requiring the use of their work email address. Insider did not independently verify the employment of the users cited in this story.

Nearly 45% of the over 8,400 respondents said they're productive about four hours or fewer per day, with the largest portion of voters saying they worked about four hours per day. Only about 25% of respondents said they worked eight hours or more per day.

"4 hours of deep focussed work every day," a former Shopify worker wrote in response to the poll that garnered over 170 likes. "Rest of the day is split between documentation, meetings and all the other mundane stuff. I don't think there are any software engineers that can do focussed work for more than 4-5 hrs a day. It is very mentally draining."