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You say you're more productive but are you producing the right things? It's easy to note when you suddenly get more uninterrupted time for work, and also to no

by rlonn 6y ago

You say you're more productive but are you producing the right things? It's easy to note when you suddenly get more uninterrupted time for work, and also to note how that translates into e.g. more code produced. But does it improve the bottom line in the longer run? I.e. is it good for business? I think the jury may still be out on this one. Working remotely means less efficient communication with coworkers, and that might in the longer run result in people getting less efficient because they can't synch very well, so end up working on the wrong things, or prioritising badly. Then it's also the psychological effect of missing out on social interaction that may reduce happiness and, in the end, efficiency/productivity. It's an interesting experiment for sure. Covid may be to remote working what Tesla is to the electrification of personal transport.

Viliam1234 6y ago
> You say you're more productive but are you producing the right things? This is often a problem even when people are spending the day in the office. It is not obvious that working from home makes this problem worse. Sometimes you get an information on Monday, a contradictory one on Tuesday, and a completely different "final" version on Wednesday. Suppose you missed the version from Tuesday because you were not in the office. How much harm actually happened? Generally, when a resource is abundant, it becomes cheaper to abuse it. In the age of corporate-agile, managers often don't even bother to think their decisions to the end, because hey, we can still change the plan tomorrow. Nobody bothers to write meeting minutes, because there is another meeting soon anyway. Not sure if it's just my bubble, but even having a flipchart with notes is becoming a rarity. I would enjoy the return of the culture where we thought whether we are producing the right thing before I already had half of the code written.

by rlonn 6y ago

Viliam1234 6y ago

> You say you're more productive but are you producing the right things? This is often a problem even when people are spending the day in the office. It is not obvious that working from home makes this problem worse. Sometimes you get an information on Monday, a contradictory one on Tuesday, and a completely different "final" version on Wednesday. Suppose you missed the version from Tuesday because you were not in the office. How much harm actually happened? Generally, when a resource is abundant, it becomes cheaper to abuse it. In the age of corporate-agile, managers often don't even bother to think their decisions to the end, because hey, we can still change the plan tomorrow. Nobody bothers to write meeting minutes, because there is another meeting soon anyway. Not sure if it's just my bubble, but even having a flipchart with notes is becoming a rarity. I would enjoy the return of the culture where we thought whether we are producing the right thing before I already had half of the code written.