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Somewhat weird. From my own experience during the pandemic (two organizations, from lead to manager), productivity has been higher than ever. I kinda suspected
by eivarv 6y ago
Somewhat weird. From my own experience during the pandemic (two organizations, from lead to manager), productivity has been higher than ever.
I kinda suspected this, as I'd been doing certain work from home earlier – but I was always surprised to hear leadership exclaim their fears about WFH, and their suspicions of both efficiency and productivity.
The worst part is, though, that many are vying for a swift return to a traditional colocated work-place – even though they agree that the current situation works fine (pandemic, and its specifics aside).
I've even heard some say it's different to actually be able to pop up and peek over their employees shoulders, to see "what they're actually doing", even in cases things are going better than planned already...
- nitwit005 6y agoI was working from home two days a week at one company, and my immediate manager pressed me to reduce it to one day. I mentioned that he'd lose an hour and a half of my productivity to the commute, and he just nodded. Rarely saw him in the office. He wanted the concept of me being there.
- eivarv 6y agoJibes with my own experience. It infuriates me to no end that (bad) leaders would rather go by their own feeling of control, rather than look at the numbers.
- GuB-42 6y agoThis is Japan, very different work culture compared to the western world.
- itronitron 6y agoI think a lot of managers measure their own performance by how many faces they have spoken with over the course of the day.