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The title is misleading - the productivity drop in Q1 2022 is almost equal to the increase in Q4 2021. Together, they average out. This is visible on the first

The title is misleading - the productivity drop in Q1 2022 is almost equal to the increase in Q4 2021. Together, they average out. This is visible on the first graph, where two roughly equal bars go up and down on the right hand (near-present) side. Overall productivity seems to be up since 2020, according to the hours worked / output series in chart 3. Output had already recovered to pre-pandemic levels in Q3 2021, but hours worked did not - leading to an improved productivity ratio as the BLS calculates it.

PenguinCoder 5y ago
It fits the narrative of getting employees back into the office; because WFH employees are unproductive, just look at this study.
- whatshisface 5y ago
  That is why Chart 3 is especially ironic, it shows productivity recovering before hours worked. (I wouldn't over-interpret this though, I don't know how any of these statistics are calculated.)
- dijonman2 5y ago
  What? There is no such thing, WFH employees are more productive without interruption.
  - tamaharbor 5y ago
    Until Judge Judy starts.
  - PenguinCoder 5y ago
    I know that, you know that, other WFH employees know that. My comment above was tongue-in-cheek; it's studies and reports like the linked PDF that management and Clevel will use to delude themselves and employees to comeback into the office.
    - dallasg3 5y ago
      I was wondering who Clevel was before I realized you meant C-level.
    - zo1 5y ago
      I vote for a compromise. We stop pushing for WFH and instead demand for dedicated office space. Individual offices where we have a home away from home and enough privacy. The amount of times I had to hold a fart in, struggle to pick my nose, or put on loud earphones just to focus in an open plan office is unacceptable.
      - hhh 5y ago
        My individual dedicated office is at my house. I don’t want to drive any amount of time to sit in a room at a computer and do the same thing. Sometimes I want to work elsewhere, and will go to the park or just sit in a parking lot somewhere. The only benefit I see to physical proximity is the unexpected encounters that can help resolve business situations or help ideas flourish.
      - patrick451 5y ago
        I'd actually strongly prefer to work from the office if I actually had an office. But basically all employers insist on these horrendous open office plans these days, so WFH it is.
      - vdqtp3 5y ago
        I'll go into the office when I'm paid for both commute time and lunch.
- bgro 5y ago
  "Nobody wants to work anymore, and I can't do my job from my beach house because I can't see the employees on the office camera and they're covering their camera at home. How can we re-tell this productivity data that shows productivity is increasing to prove that I'm right and everyone is lazy except me?"
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PenguinCoder 5y ago

It fits the narrative of getting employees back into the office; because WFH employees are unproductive, just look at this study.

whatshisface 5y ago
That is why Chart 3 is especially ironic, it shows productivity recovering before hours worked. (I wouldn't over-interpret this though, I don't know how any of these statistics are calculated.)
dijonman2 5y ago
What? There is no such thing, WFH employees are more productive without interruption.
- tamaharbor 5y ago
  Until Judge Judy starts.
- PenguinCoder 5y ago
  I know that, you know that, other WFH employees know that. My comment above was tongue-in-cheek; it's studies and reports like the linked PDF that management and Clevel will use to delude themselves and employees to comeback into the office.
  - dallasg3 5y ago
    I was wondering who Clevel was before I realized you meant C-level.
  - zo1 5y ago
    I vote for a compromise. We stop pushing for WFH and instead demand for dedicated office space. Individual offices where we have a home away from home and enough privacy. The amount of times I had to hold a fart in, struggle to pick my nose, or put on loud earphones just to focus in an open plan office is unacceptable.
    - hhh 5y ago
      My individual dedicated office is at my house. I don’t want to drive any amount of time to sit in a room at a computer and do the same thing. Sometimes I want to work elsewhere, and will go to the park or just sit in a parking lot somewhere. The only benefit I see to physical proximity is the unexpected encounters that can help resolve business situations or help ideas flourish.
    - patrick451 5y ago
      I'd actually strongly prefer to work from the office if I actually had an office. But basically all employers insist on these horrendous open office plans these days, so WFH it is.
    - vdqtp3 5y ago
      I'll go into the office when I'm paid for both commute time and lunch.
bgro 5y ago
"Nobody wants to work anymore, and I can't do my job from my beach house because I can't see the employees on the office camera and they're covering their camera at home. How can we re-tell this productivity data that shows productivity is increasing to prove that I'm right and everyone is lazy except me?"

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