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> That depends on the equipment you need to use. If it's a phone, a laptop, and an internet connection, you can, and of story. Have you tried to hire anyone to
by MichaelBurge 10y ago
> That depends on the equipment you need to use. If it's a phone, a laptop, and an internet connection, you can, and of story.
Have you tried to hire anyone to do remote work, even freelance work? Most people fail miserably if you don't give them structure(and being on-site is a type of structure).
You can work around it by selecting for the small percentage of people who can work independently, but most people aren't in that small percentage. So success by being vigilant in selection would reinforce that it doesn't work on average.
If this site was "Manager News" and everybody here was a manager, I'd be more likely to believe discussion praising allowing remote workers. As it is, I'm skeptical that people aren't believing what they want to hear.
Personally, I find it quite plausible that the loud sales guy is hurting everyone's productivity. But lots of things are plausible, and it seems undisciplined to believe all the resulting discussion.
- sheepmullet 10y agoYou are assuming remote work is significantly less structured than on-site work. When I worked remote I had meetings to attend every week and consistent schedules to deliver to.
- sheepmullet 10y ago> Personally, I find it quite plausible that the loud sales guy is hurting everyone's productivity Plausible is such a weak word given the amount of evidence we have. In study after study we can see loud consistent distractions significantly reduce our ability to perform complex tasks. It could be that loud sales people are the special kind of distraction that improves productivity but it's doubtful.
- croon 10y ago> Have you tried to hire anyone to do remote work, even freelance work? Most people fail miserably if you don't give them structure(and being on-site is a type of structure). Have you tried to hire anyone at all? Recruitment is hard. Period. Failure to track production/results is completely unrelated to where your employee works, as well as failure to produce is only related to the employee. If he/she does not know where he/she best produces, the recruitment is bad to begin with.