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Who are these people? I've been working from home and I've noticed a steep dip in my productivity.
by Ygg2 7y ago
Who are these people? I've been working from home and I've noticed a steep dip in my productivity.
- andarleen 7y agoMy productivity and standard of living are far far higher than when i was onsite.
- BiteCode_dev 7y agoYes, but most people don't like their job, and don't want to be productive in it. On HN, we have a lot of passionate people, but as soon as I go into the corporate world or the administrations, the feedback people give changes a lot.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoPeople who stretch their budget to live in the best school district they can afford, which usually comes at the cost of spending their life in a car (or train or bus) commuting as far as possible.
- prepend 7y agoI think those people are more likely to want to work from home given their long commutes.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoYes and that probably describes most suburbanites of all major US cities. Who wouldn’t want to gain an hour+ of their day they spend traveling.
- dx87 7y agoA dip in productivity is a problem for your boss, not for you. Anecdotally, I'm much more productive at home because I can take breaks whenever I want instead of getting burned out after working for 3-4 hours at an office, but knowing that I still have to stay there for 4 more hours.
- mcv 7y agoHow about, after working 3-4 hours at the office, you go outside for a walk before you start on the next 4 hours? I know people who do that, and I think it's a great idea.
- m1aw 7y agoSame here, I have been struggling organising my time more then usual and since my company works as hourly I'm getting lots of anxiety, never knowing if I'm working enough or not.
- jabroni_salad 7y agoI am on cloud nine right now. No commute and there is an open window 2 feet away from me. For comparison, I normally have a 40 minute commute and work in a basement all day. In the winter, it is dark when I go in and dark when I come out. Real nice. I am not sure about the productivity aspect. Since I am client facing and most of my clients are on furlough my main work source has dried up. I'm doing other stuff for the team but none of it has KPIs.
- jcims 7y agoHow long have you been working from home? It takes a while to adjust and you can definitely develop bad habits if you're not careful.
- Ygg2 7y agoAbout four or more weeks. The problem is that my space is relatively cramped, so hard to isolate. But even if this was a larger space, I've realized I miss my colleagues and just the ability to query them face-to-face.
- sct202 7y agoI think it depends on your type of work and personality. I personally was already half WFH, and all WFH is way too much for me. I just need at least a day where I can go into meetings in person. I get a motivation boost from interacting with everyone and getting feedback in person in meetings, but it's not like I need that every day. It's not the same on the phone or web conference, and that might just be something that will evolve.
- RHSeeger 7y agoPeople that are different than you, effectively. Some people work better from home, some better from an office, and some work best with a combination of the two (in some days, home others). Some of it is also training, the more you work from home, the better you tend to be at it.
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- lexicality 7y agoI usually work remotely and always had fantastic productivity up until the lockdown. Now I'm really depressed and have terrible productivity. Not being able to go socialise with friends, see bands in concert and hang around in coffee shops has had an enormous impact on my wellbeing - it's entirely possible your productivity woes are due to the social impact.