4 ms·

This seems good right? Lowering rental prices means lower operational costs, so more of the money can go to the employees ideally

conanbatt 4y ago
If anything it increases company profits, why would companies give the rent money back to employees?
xwdv 4y ago
[flagged]
- terminatornet 4y ago
  so if you have two employees: - employee 1 is two times as productive as anyone else on the team, works remotely - employee 2 barely gets any work done but has perfect office attendance your feeling is that employee 2 should get a raise because they showed up to the office?
  - xwdv 4y ago
    From the logic of an office dweller employee 2 clearly needs the money more.
    - terminatornet 4y ago
      what?
  - re-thc 4y ago
    How is this measured? Most of the time they can't tell who's more productive (as in properly and not the noise or the loudest).
rr808 4y ago
The reduced productivity of people WFH costs the company more than the office space did.
- terminatornet 4y ago
  working remotely improved productivity https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2022/02/04/3-new-studies-end-debate-over-effectiveness-of-hybrid-and-remote-work/?sh=7a4033cd59b2 https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2022/02/04/3-new-...
  - rr808 4y ago
    lol that page is titled "3 New Studies End Debate Over Effectiveness Of Hybrid And Remote Work". The three studies are done by: Prodoscore - a company that does remote employee monitoring Owl Labs - makes video conferencing devices Ergotron - makes desks, workstations and monitor arms.
    - terminatornet 4y ago
      https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/does-working-home-work-evidence-chinese-experiment https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/d... https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w30292/w30292.pdf https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w30292/w302... some more studies on working from home's positive impacts
      - rhaway84773 4y ago
        The first study is call center employees which is really not relevant to most tech jobs for obvious reasons. In fact, call center employee jobs were being outsourced to people working from home in midwestern states over a decade ago (which shows why this study was able to be conducted in 2015). The second study is during COVID and doesn’t even address productivity.
- web3-is-a-scam 4y ago
  speak for yourself, I’m way more productive now that I dont have some manager interrupting me for meaningless bullshit every 5 seconds tapping on my shoulder, or being broken out of my flow because some sales bros can’t keep it down across the room while bragging about how drunk they got on the weekend
haliskerbas 4y ago
If you’re not trying to squeeze profits out of every angle to maximize shareholder value then it’s no longer capitalism. That sounds more towards a cooperative model.
shmerl 4y ago
It's good for those who need to rent for sure.

conanbatt 4y ago

If anything it increases company profits, why would companies give the rent money back to employees?

xwdv 4y ago

[flagged]

terminatornet 4y ago
so if you have two employees: - employee 1 is two times as productive as anyone else on the team, works remotely - employee 2 barely gets any work done but has perfect office attendance your feeling is that employee 2 should get a raise because they showed up to the office?
- xwdv 4y ago
  From the logic of an office dweller employee 2 clearly needs the money more.
  - terminatornet 4y ago
    what?
- re-thc 4y ago
  How is this measured? Most of the time they can't tell who's more productive (as in properly and not the noise or the loudest).

rr808 4y ago

The reduced productivity of people WFH costs the company more than the office space did.

terminatornet 4y ago
working remotely improved productivity https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2022/02/04/3-new-studies-end-debate-over-effectiveness-of-hybrid-and-remote-work/?sh=7a4033cd59b2 https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2022/02/04/3-new-...
- rr808 4y ago
  lol that page is titled "3 New Studies End Debate Over Effectiveness Of Hybrid And Remote Work". The three studies are done by: Prodoscore - a company that does remote employee monitoring Owl Labs - makes video conferencing devices Ergotron - makes desks, workstations and monitor arms.
  - terminatornet 4y ago
    https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/does-working-home-work-evidence-chinese-experiment https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/d... https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w30292/w30292.pdf https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w30292/w302... some more studies on working from home's positive impacts
    - rhaway84773 4y ago
      The first study is call center employees which is really not relevant to most tech jobs for obvious reasons. In fact, call center employee jobs were being outsourced to people working from home in midwestern states over a decade ago (which shows why this study was able to be conducted in 2015). The second study is during COVID and doesn’t even address productivity.
web3-is-a-scam 4y ago
speak for yourself, I’m way more productive now that I dont have some manager interrupting me for meaningless bullshit every 5 seconds tapping on my shoulder, or being broken out of my flow because some sales bros can’t keep it down across the room while bragging about how drunk they got on the weekend

haliskerbas 4y ago

If you’re not trying to squeeze profits out of every angle to maximize shareholder value then it’s no longer capitalism. That sounds more towards a cooperative model.

shmerl 4y ago

It's good for those who need to rent for sure.