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Are you by chance just noticing all of the empty space that was previously filled with non-productive time in an office? I've worked remotely for about 5 years

Are you by chance just noticing all of the empty space that was previously filled with non-productive time in an office? I've worked remotely for about 5 years now. Without the water cooler talk, chit chat, and misc distractions, I can easily fit a 8+ hour day into less than 6 hours when I work from home.

skellera 8y ago
I think it just depends on the person. I work full time remote for a 100% remote consulting company. Some people come in and do very well. Others don’t seem to be able to make the transition into remote. I’ve worked with new hires that literally take entire days off and give excuses why they were unreachable. Sadly they are just shuffled around the company instead of disciplined but that’s another topic. But I figure in that case, they were probably not so great workers in-office either.
- ghaff 8y ago
  I work almost entirely remote today and definitely prefer it. (The people I work with are scattered all over the place anyway.) But I can't really imagine how I would have done well working remotely towards the beginning of my career. It was a different time with far fewer communication tools but, even taking that out, it would have been very difficult both socially and in terms of work discipline.
jb3689 8y ago
I did remote for about two years. Found it really draining and too easy to go full workaholic and work into the late hours/be constantly stressed out. I'd like to try working remote again but I can totally get how it wouldn't work for some people. I'm way more likely to take a short breather in the office than at home
domlebo70 8y ago
What empty space? When I arrived at work, I work intensely, and hard. None of us want to be longer than we need to accomplish our work. Occasional chit chat while making coffee is definitely not slowing us down in any meaningful way. Except for a few places (contracting at government) I've never felt on site had too many distractions
yitchelle 8y ago
> fit a 8+ hour day into less than 6 hours. I suppose that could be one measure of productivity. Another view would be an increase in the number of backlog items closed in the 8hour.
- sithlord 8y ago
  It will be a great accomplishment when we can get the idea that a 'full-day' is 8 hours.
  - drb91 8y ago
    Hell let’s aim for six. I doubt I’d get anything less done.

skellera 8y ago

I think it just depends on the person. I work full time remote for a 100% remote consulting company. Some people come in and do very well. Others don’t seem to be able to make the transition into remote. I’ve worked with new hires that literally take entire days off and give excuses why they were unreachable. Sadly they are just shuffled around the company instead of disciplined but that’s another topic. But I figure in that case, they were probably not so great workers in-office either.

ghaff 8y ago
I work almost entirely remote today and definitely prefer it. (The people I work with are scattered all over the place anyway.) But I can't really imagine how I would have done well working remotely towards the beginning of my career. It was a different time with far fewer communication tools but, even taking that out, it would have been very difficult both socially and in terms of work discipline.

jb3689 8y ago

I did remote for about two years. Found it really draining and too easy to go full workaholic and work into the late hours/be constantly stressed out. I'd like to try working remote again but I can totally get how it wouldn't work for some people. I'm way more likely to take a short breather in the office than at home

domlebo70 8y ago

What empty space? When I arrived at work, I work intensely, and hard. None of us want to be longer than we need to accomplish our work. Occasional chit chat while making coffee is definitely not slowing us down in any meaningful way. Except for a few places (contracting at government) I've never felt on site had too many distractions

yitchelle 8y ago

> fit a 8+ hour day into less than 6 hours. I suppose that could be one measure of productivity. Another view would be an increase in the number of backlog items closed in the 8hour.

sithlord 8y ago
It will be a great accomplishment when we can get the idea that a 'full-day' is 8 hours.
- drb91 8y ago
  Hell let’s aim for six. I doubt I’d get anything less done.