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Genuinely, I think this will backfire and it will be proof that remote working isn't for everyone..

raxxorrax 7y ago
I think so too, since the introduction will be anything but organized. People asking if they can just move their workstation to home... But currently MS Teams is working fine in central Europe (Ger). There also isn't any incident report in the Office 365 portal. There are some interesting browser based soft-vpn solutions that could work for a large amount of users. They could connect to their individual workstation instead of some terminal server that never was meant to support more than 20 concurrent users.
meheleventyone 7y ago
I don't think it's going to show anything worthwhile as the whole pandemic thing is a huge confounding factor and the adoption has been hugely ad hoc. In particular people are going to suddenly find themselves working from home in completely unsuitable conditions and the whole social distancing thing means normal remote ideas like coworking spaces and coffee shops aren't really an option. As someone who has been remotely working mostly from my home for two years today I'm joined by my wife and a three year old and a five year old. My work desk is in the living room as our house is teensy and trying to do anything of substance with two kids is very hard! On top of the added stress caused by the global situation being a distraction in itself. My wife should be remote working but a last minute change meant it's now up in the air whether her office will actually allow VPN access. This is after they issued her with a brand new laptop, monitor and so on. So now she's spending the day at home tidying up our storage. Remote work in this context is nothing more than trying to keep the wheels turning and people expecting the benefits that come with doing it more deliberately are definitely going to be disappointed.
- cameronbrown 7y ago
  I agree. I work remotely quite often, around a week every month - but I do feel like productivity has been reduced just because people around me also have reduced productivity, are less available on IM, etc.. I also miss going into the office and being there physically, even though I don't really sit at my desk, it's nice to have the space there.
k__ 7y ago
I don't know. If it's valueable it will be the new normal, independent of it "being for anyone".
_puk 7y ago
Given how busy the beach is this morning (UK), I'm presuming that everyone is taking full advantage of working from home. It will be interesting to see how productivity is affected overall though. Which makes me wonder, what is the general measure of productivity? Meetings attended? Emails answered? Hours worked / Time in seat? Story points?

I think so too, since the introduction will be anything but organized. People asking if they can just move their workstation to home... But currently MS Teams is working fine in central Europe (Ger). There also isn't any incident report in the Office 365 portal. There are some interesting browser based soft-vpn solutions that could work for a large amount of users. They could connect to their individual workstation instead of some terminal server that never was meant to support more than 20 concurrent users.

meheleventyone 7y ago

I don't think it's going to show anything worthwhile as the whole pandemic thing is a huge confounding factor and the adoption has been hugely ad hoc. In particular people are going to suddenly find themselves working from home in completely unsuitable conditions and the whole social distancing thing means normal remote ideas like coworking spaces and coffee shops aren't really an option. As someone who has been remotely working mostly from my home for two years today I'm joined by my wife and a three year old and a five year old. My work desk is in the living room as our house is teensy and trying to do anything of substance with two kids is very hard! On top of the added stress caused by the global situation being a distraction in itself. My wife should be remote working but a last minute change meant it's now up in the air whether her office will actually allow VPN access. This is after they issued her with a brand new laptop, monitor and so on. So now she's spending the day at home tidying up our storage. Remote work in this context is nothing more than trying to keep the wheels turning and people expecting the benefits that come with doing it more deliberately are definitely going to be disappointed.

cameronbrown 7y ago
I agree. I work remotely quite often, around a week every month - but I do feel like productivity has been reduced just because people around me also have reduced productivity, are less available on IM, etc.. I also miss going into the office and being there physically, even though I don't really sit at my desk, it's nice to have the space there.

k__ 7y ago

I don't know. If it's valueable it will be the new normal, independent of it "being for anyone".

_puk 7y ago

Given how busy the beach is this morning (UK), I'm presuming that everyone is taking full advantage of working from home. It will be interesting to see how productivity is affected overall though. Which makes me wonder, what is the general measure of productivity? Meetings attended? Emails answered? Hours worked / Time in seat? Story points?