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When I work from home I don’t have commute time. However, when I work in the office I might have commute time ranging from “basically nine” to O(hours). So, i
by jleyank 4y ago
When I work from home I don’t have commute time. However, when I work in the office I might have commute time ranging from “basically nine” to O(hours). So, if it’s hours, I can’t see how I can be as productive “in the office”unless I view commuting time as “my” time not “office” time.
Of course people can be more productive in 10 hours than 8, right? It’s just that they’re no longer willing to fork over all that personal time to their employer. Takes 1 hour each way? Do 6-ish hours in the office.
- NickRandom 4y agoAlso when you factor in the additional "getting ready to go to work" time (shower/bath, choosing outfit, breakfast etc) vs. a quick brush of the teeth and the extra 'unwind time' needed at the end of the work day means that WFH is indeed more productive imo. I do however understand the fact/issue that some WFH employees aren't self-disciplined enough not to constantly goof-off and picking them up on that is a lot harder than if in the office where you (as a manager) can directly observe it. Also, explaining to employee X that employee A and B can WFH but employee Z can't is an impossible task. Managers love metrics so if it is indeed more productive to WFH (which I think is accurate) then it should be easy enough for the employees to provide some solid figures. Depending upon the bean-counter that you need to browbeat dictates what metrics to use on them (aka drag them in to the 21st century).