Perhaps. One would have to dig themselves out of perpetually having a deadline a day or week ago, which is usually the reason one's looking for ways to improve productivity in the first place.
At companies that set realistic deadlines and don't want to rush, rush, rush everything. They're rare, but some places do understand "slow is fast".
At least in the US the percentage of households with children under 18 has dropped to 40%, and I think you're somewhere in the EU which is closer to 36%.
What? Do you only start working on something the day before your deadline? Do you not plan ahead at all? If you’re always behind the eight ball, scrambling to land whatever you can slap together by the end of the sprint, it’s not going to work. But if that’s the situation you’re in, nothing will work. You’ve got to plan.
It worked fantastically for me at my last job as a lead, and it’s working great for me now as a consultant.
Nor does it work when you have a job and a deadline. Or kids.
When does it actually work for anyone these days?