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Work from home prevents the need to "look busy" and instead allows you to do your tasks and take the rest of your time back for yourself. In a properly managed
by bluefishinit 3y ago
Work from home prevents the need to "look busy" and instead allows you to do your tasks and take the rest of your time back for yourself. In a properly managed remote workplace, managers will not focus on how you spend your days and will reward your for the results you produce (which are usually higher quality since you're not stressed from commute, office noise/smells/gossip, and having to look busy when you're not).
- acuozzo 3y ago> In a properly managed remote workplace, managers will not focus on how you spend your days and will reward your for the results you produce This kind of pure meritocracy is dystopic without functional social safety nets in place. Ralph's kid dies and he falls behind for a few months, so he gets the axe. Rhonda has a baby, goes on FMLA, and gets the boot once legal decides she no longer has grounds to file suit. So on and so forth.
- bluefishinit 3y agoOh I should have also stated that successful remote management is built entirely of trust and humane treatment of the remote workers. The value someone produces may also be pretty intangible (i.e. they make the team work better together). I can see how you could extrapolate those scenarios from my comment, but giving employees affordances to put their life first should be table stakes for all employees, remote or otherwise. No one should be fired or punished for having to deal with personal issues.
- helen___keller 3y agoI don’t really agree. I prefer WFH most days but it’s no panacea: WFH has expectations of availability during working hours and expectations of 40 hours ish of time commitment. If I finish work in 2 hours and go do personal stuff for the rest of the day I don’t feel relaxed, I feel anxious like I’m in a gray zone in the employment contract and I’m going to be sniffed out and given more work to do.
- ricardobayes 3y agoI always wondered, how do people "finish work" in 2 hours for a day? Am I the only one swamped in tickets and could generate months worth of work on my own proactively if wanted to?
- bluefishinit 3y agoMost employers don't financially reward you for doing all of that extra work, so finishing work in 2 hours just means you do what you need to to stay employed. I've never seen a place where people were "swamped in tickets" also accurately recognize and reward work that creates value for the business. In fact those places are most likely (in my experience) to have raise caps, onerous review processes and extremely limited room for advancement.
- ricardobayes 3y agoInteresting, are bonuses and/or employee stock options not the norm for most companies? Everywhere I worked these were there in one way or another, exactly to motivate people to do more than their allotted stuff.
- bluefishinit 3y ago> Interesting, are bonuses and/or employee stock options not the norm for most companies? Not in a meaningful amount to non-executives. > Everywhere I worked these were there in one way or another, exactly to motivate people to do more than their allotted stuff. I don't think anyone believes "more tickets" = "more revenue". Most employees work doesn't materially impact the bottom line and definitely doesn't have a linear relationship to revenue (other than maybe sales who are paid on commission).
- deprecative 3y agoTickets never stop. Most places I've worked have had ticket points expected to be completed per week or per sprint. It makes sense to only do that amount of work. You won't be rewarded for doing extra. Put your two years in and leave. Rinse repeat.