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Here's my hot take: In places that I've worked, WFH is usually reserved for divisions that are expected to be intrinsically-motivated high performers. Some com
by eckza 7y ago
Here's my hot take:
In places that I've worked, WFH is usually reserved for divisions that are expected to be intrinsically-motivated high performers. Some companies can afford to be staffed with nothing but these types of people; other companies are not so lucky.
WFH only works if the people that are W-ingFH are motivated enough by their work to do it without being supervised.
And for some job roles in some organizations, the savings from not having to hold an office for a role, are more than offset by the lost productivity from having that role as a remote hire.
I'm not trying to say that all HN-ers are magical special large-brained unicorn employees; but I've worked at several places where certain key roles are staffed by people that couldn't figure out how to effectively work remotely if their lives depended on it.
- donretag 7y ago> I've worked at several places where certain key roles are staffed by people that couldn't figure out how to effectively work remotely if their lives depended on it. For me it was the opposite: I was highly productive, but the onsite managers did not know how to work effectively (if at all honestly)