>Remote workers don’t sleep until noon, wear pajamas all day, and slack off because no one’s watching. Studies suggest the opposite: remote workers are more pro

>Remote workers don’t sleep until noon, wear pajamas all day, and slack off because no one’s watching. Studies suggest the opposite: remote workers are more productive than employees who work in the office. Speak for yourself, I do wear my PJs all day, especially now when I know I won't really be going out anywhere after work except the grocery store. For some people they need the work costume. For me, I go for maximum comfort and minimal effort when I can get away with it. I also work in a fairly intense frequent problem solving environment where I'm faced with new problems I haven't seen before on a regular basis, similar to what a lot of creative workers also deal with. When it's at the office and I have strict timelines, we all run around pretending like we can just turn on/off the creativity needed for advanced problem solving but for most people I've spoken to sincerely about it... they're just like me and there's no on/off switch. At home I have the flexibility of taking on a problem, hitting a hurdle, then taking a relaxing break until aha later a Eureka moment hits and a new strategy emerges. Viola, progress, and my employer wasn't paying for the time I was relaxing, they just get to pay for more productive times and I enjoy the less productive times. Banging your head against problems repeatedly may be required as optics for some management but it just doesn't jive with reality and is very wasteful, for everyone.