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I don’t think productivity comes from slacking, I think it comes from a communication tax. When you’re in the office you can just ask someone, at home you have

• MattGaiser 5y ago
  What about the communication tax of people asking instead of Googling to solve their issue?
• ageofwant 5y ago
  What about the gains from those not having to pay the tax ? Being interrupted and having to do context switches has a significant cost associated.
• dylan604 5y ago
  But this is also the cause of a lack of production. I have routinely been interrupted from what I was doing because someone just casually drops by to discuss whatever they felt like (might be work related, might not). As a developer, it takes time to get back to where you left off.[0] While working from home, those interruptions are dropped to 0. Any questions must come from some form of slack/email/etc that can all be ignored until I'm ready to look at them. [0]https://heeris.id.au/2013/this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt-a-programmer/ https://heeris.id.au/2013/this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt...
  • triangleman 5y ago
    You have the right personality for work-from-home. There are others who need that social interaction in order to be productive. When I was in the office, most developers had headphones on when working and you wouldn't interrupt them at that time. I definitely agree that if you're in the kind of role where you can turn off notifications and just put your head down and work, this has probably been a very productive year.