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> It's about incentives. I see being allowed to work from home as a sign of respect and confidence. Therefor I return that respect by not fucking with said opp

by Kirth 9y ago

> It's about incentives. I see being allowed to work from home as a sign of respect and confidence. Therefor I return that respect by not fucking with said opportunity. Given the ability to schedule in chores or a bit of fun during breaks, my breaks become far more productive. When I get stuck or something or am blocking on someone at work, I tend to browse hackernews, some forums, ... You end up with activities that draw you in more and more, potentially wasting hours without really having the refreshing effect you need breaks to have. When I'm at home, I get up and vacuum a couple of rooms, clean the kitchen or maybe even skip out an hour to work out when the gym's calm to help clear my mind. I'm confident in saying my days spent working from home are by far the most productive of my entire week. > If they're at home they can play computer games, go out, watch a movie, etc... Someone like that can just as well be expected to spend their entire days scrolling through cat pictures. Don't hire someone you think you can't trust working from home, they won't fare much better on-site.

jondubois 9y ago
I'm the same but unfortunately not everyone is honest. I've met people who went to the beach during office hours and did almost no work. Then they bragged about it.
- lovich 9y ago
  Right, but that means you have no way of evaluating their output. On the other hand, maybe you are evaluating their output and that employee is still meeting their targets. At that point why do you care if they can fuck off half the day and get the same work done, if you aren't going to offer a pay increase?
  - jondubois 9y ago
    In a big company (particularly in highly regulated industries) it can get very difficult to measure employee output because quite often an employee may be blocked from completing a task because of regulatory requirements, company policies or scalability considerations - This sometimes forces employees from one team to coordinate with other teams who are working on a project dependency and can lead to busy-waiting. Sometimes employees can be moved onto other temporary tasks while the other team completes their task/dependency but this causes the employees in the former team to lose focus - Making employees context-switch between too many projects carries a cost which may be higher than just allowing them to busy-wait from time to time.

by Kirth 9y ago

jondubois 9y ago

I'm the same but unfortunately not everyone is honest. I've met people who went to the beach during office hours and did almost no work. Then they bragged about it.

lovich 9y ago
Right, but that means you have no way of evaluating their output. On the other hand, maybe you are evaluating their output and that employee is still meeting their targets. At that point why do you care if they can fuck off half the day and get the same work done, if you aren't going to offer a pay increase?
- jondubois 9y ago
  In a big company (particularly in highly regulated industries) it can get very difficult to measure employee output because quite often an employee may be blocked from completing a task because of regulatory requirements, company policies or scalability considerations - This sometimes forces employees from one team to coordinate with other teams who are working on a project dependency and can lead to busy-waiting. Sometimes employees can be moved onto other temporary tasks while the other team completes their task/dependency but this causes the employees in the former team to lose focus - Making employees context-switch between too many projects carries a cost which may be higher than just allowing them to busy-wait from time to time.