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Honestly lots of people are doing miminal hours WFH, not just IT, all office workers. I think companies really dont know what to do about it.
by rr808 3y ago
Honestly lots of people are doing miminal hours WFH, not just IT, all office workers. I think companies really dont know what to do about it.
- heyoni 3y agoWhat’s there to do? If the work is getting done then enjoy the morale boost.
- TheDudeMan 3y agoWhich business are in you that doesn't benefit from more work / more efficient work?
- selestify 3y agoWhy is the business entitled to more work if the work you're already getting done suffices to make the bosses happy?
- TheDudeMan 3y ago1. They are paying you for your time. Or, they think they are. 2. If they are already happy, why are they installing spyware?
- mcdonje 3y ago1. Results-only workplaces should be the norm for project oriented work. 2. HR departments and poor managers making busywork to justify their existence.
- Lio 3y ago> 2. HR departments and poor managers making busywork to justify their existence. ^^^^ this so much! Most HR departments desperately want to appear to be profit centres instead of the cost centres they actually are. For example, the constant, continuous, process of eternally rolling out new terrible HR systems. Or the latest set of CBT quizzes on corporate wrong think that come across like a Break Room session from Severance. They need the constant set of campaigns to justify their place in the organisation but it's all just busy work.
- heyoni 3y agoSeriously? Software engineering. You ever heard the saying: it takes 1 engineer 1 month to do a task that takes 2 engineers 2 months to do
- ChuckNorris89 3y agoBecause companies assume if you've got time to dick around after your work is done then you've got time to do more work till your 8 hours are up. At least that's how it's where I live in Europe. Companies feel entitled to the full 8h per day of productivity so if you know everything out in less then that they want to see it and give you more work to fill the remaining time, which Is why WFH is very rare and in office work is the norm here (Austria).
- 0cf8612b2e1e 3y agoLet them discover just how little work is done when people are in the office. So many people who are professional water cooler talkers. Few people are putting in a full eight hours a day.
- hmmokidk 3y agoLol I definitely worked less in the Office. I know it looked like I worked more. I kinda miss that sometimes. With remote work I have to actually have done something. In the office I just had to show up and sometimes that’s all I want to do. Don’t get me wrong I much prefer WFH. But I do wish I could just show up and have that be enough some days.