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I "love" it in the sense that I can get paid while watching Netflix, playing games and do whatever I want. I instantly start slacking off and all my working hou

I "love" it in the sense that I can get paid while watching Netflix, playing games and do whatever I want. I instantly start slacking off and all my working hours become a game to make it look like I'm working when I'm not. This doesn't happen when I'm in a office where I'm "forced" to work. Yeah, you can slack off at the office as well but why? I obviously can't do any meaningful leisure activities there. And yes, it's a tooling and management issue but I haven't come across a single organisation where it's not possible to game it unless your job output is extremely easy to measure. I believe this is way more common than people think.

cheez 7y ago
Found the manager.
- throwaway242221 7y ago
  So it's completely unbelievable that working from home makes some people (some, not all) slacking instead of working? I believe in remote work but it's not just for everyone like so many people seem to believe. I'm a living example of a dysfunctional remote worker.
  - tjr225 7y ago
    Working from home doesn't make you slack off. You make you slack off. Own up to your own decisions. While I don't want to flame you or attack you personally, I probably wouldn't want to work with someone with your attitude on either a distributed team or in an office.
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spurdoman77 7y ago
Once a remote worker frauded a company I was working for a large amount of money. I dont think it was a coincidence that it was a remote worker - I believe it is much easier mentally to behave unethically if you dont see the people f2f you are hurting with your actions.
- moate 7y ago
  I don't believe this is supported at all by anything. You see fraud cases perpetrated by all types of workers: warehouse employees "losing" a box, office drones abusing leave policies, CEOs raiding the corporate coffers. People inclined to commit fraud are inclined to commit fraud relative to their position, but it's unlikely the position itself is the driving factor.
libria 7y ago
If remote work proponents want remote work to become a thing, downvoting the parent into oblivion doesn't make their case to the managers and Marissa Mayers out there who are against it. Address the concerns that some people are far more productive on-site. Pretending it's a non-issue doesn't help and it is often not an easy thing to police. It's not as simple as "don't hire/work with those people" either, because we don't always have full control over that.
okmokmz 7y ago
That's an issue with yourself, whether it be work ethic, motivation, or otherwise, not an issue with remote work

cheez 7y ago

Found the manager.

throwaway242221 7y ago
So it's completely unbelievable that working from home makes some people (some, not all) slacking instead of working? I believe in remote work but it's not just for everyone like so many people seem to believe. I'm a living example of a dysfunctional remote worker.
- tjr225 7y ago
  Working from home doesn't make you slack off. You make you slack off. Own up to your own decisions. While I don't want to flame you or attack you personally, I probably wouldn't want to work with someone with your attitude on either a distributed team or in an office.
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spurdoman77 7y ago

Once a remote worker frauded a company I was working for a large amount of money. I dont think it was a coincidence that it was a remote worker - I believe it is much easier mentally to behave unethically if you dont see the people f2f you are hurting with your actions.

moate 7y ago
I don't believe this is supported at all by anything. You see fraud cases perpetrated by all types of workers: warehouse employees "losing" a box, office drones abusing leave policies, CEOs raiding the corporate coffers. People inclined to commit fraud are inclined to commit fraud relative to their position, but it's unlikely the position itself is the driving factor.

libria 7y ago

If remote work proponents want remote work to become a thing, downvoting the parent into oblivion doesn't make their case to the managers and Marissa Mayers out there who are against it. Address the concerns that some people are far more productive on-site. Pretending it's a non-issue doesn't help and it is often not an easy thing to police. It's not as simple as "don't hire/work with those people" either, because we don't always have full control over that.

okmokmz 7y ago

That's an issue with yourself, whether it be work ethic, motivation, or otherwise, not an issue with remote work