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I've always worked from home (freelanced, then started a remote company). Never actually been to a regular office. Recently, I joined a coworking space. I use
by puranjay 9y ago
I've always worked from home (freelanced, then started a remote company). Never actually been to a regular office.
Recently, I joined a coworking space.
I used to think that I'm "unproductive", but after seeing how others actually work, I'm surprised that businesses get any work done at all.
I'll be amazed if most employees work at more than 60% productivity.
- IshKebab 9y agoI think 60% is high...
- 3princip 9y agoI've worked in offices, now working from home. A few hours a day is enough to be considered exceptionally productive in terms of coding for me, this leaves a lot of time for other productivity, family, work around the house. In an office environment the rest of the time is spent looking busy. A surprising number of people will not admit it and will very adamently deny that they are not being productive, yet output shows differently. But then there are meetings. Factoring in meetings takes a lot of time. Endless talk about improving process... The flip-side of focusing on productivity and less so on actively participating in meetings or scheduling them is getting stuck in a coding job, being remote and not active in pursuing promotions the companies I work for usually fall back to relying on me for good code and meeting/exceeding planned output and that's it. In my experience, if you have the goal of moving up a company hierarchy, you have to put on a show that you are a busy which has little to do with output (code) and lots to do with appearences (lot's of talking).
- kristerv 9y agohaha, I sometimes wonder the same :)