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> my experience is that most people don't have the discipline or will to do this This widely believed anecdotally driven piece of opinion-data was what COVID i
by zmmmmm 4y ago
> my experience is that most people don't have the discipline or will to do this
This widely believed anecdotally driven piece of opinion-data was what COVID invalidated. Studies demonstrated no significant loss in productivity and in many cases increased productivity during WFH during covid - putting aside contexts where it was clearly unsuitable / suboptimal (people trapped in their houses with small kids, no appropriate equipment etc).
- arrowsmith 4y agoPerhaps the real lesson is that most people at most companies were vastly unproductive at the office to begin with, so working from home didn't risk losing very much.
- FooBarWidget 4y agoIt is my personal experience at my own workplace. I literally saw with my own eyes that if I don't force employees to have a proper work environment, then they won't set one up by themselves, only to get back pain a few days later.
- suprjami 4y agoYour sample size of one doesn't prove or disprove anything.
- FooBarWidget 4y agoYour sample size of X also doesn't delegitimize my personal experience.
- CapstanRoller 4y agoYour personal experience doesn't permit you to make sweeping generalizations about "most people"