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Do you have any proof you’re more productive at home other than staying you don’t have to commute and can do laundry during the day? Edit: I’m not sure why I c

Do you have any proof you’re more productive at home other than staying you don’t have to commute and can do laundry during the day? Edit: I’m not sure why I can’t reply to the guy below me but plenty of Google results about surveys that show WFH is less productive.

jemmyw 3y ago
That would be the same data wouldn't it. Provide some data that it goes one way or the other.
ethanbond 3y ago
Yes, there's tons of evidence that distractions are incredibly costly, especially for complex or creative work, and that modern offices are super distracting places. Sure you could imagine a hypothetical world in which offices were designed differently, but for the most part RTO is return-to-open-office, with multiple distractions per hour.
- unethical_ban 3y ago
  Yes, there's tons of evidence that distractions are incredibly costly, especially for complex or creative work, and that home offices are cramped places where work intrudes on the home sanctum; where the chores and unfinished personal tasks of one's life haunt the mind of the worker and distract them from the undivided attention of their work tasks and interactions with coworkers. I am more on edge from waiting for someone to message me while at home than I ever was when I thought someone was going to walk up to me. Disclaimer: like everyone else here, this is an opinion. Thinking WFH is magical is also an opinion. WFH has some upsides, and some people get more upside than others.
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lkramer 3y ago
It's certainly more efficient for me that I don't have to commute 2 hours per day on my own dime to spend the day in some open plan office with inferior equipment to what I have at home...
jemmyw 3y ago
> I’m not sure why I can’t reply to the guy below me You can't reply too fast, there's a timeout > but plenty of Google results about surveys that show WFH is less productive And plenty show WFH is more productive. And some show there's a trust gap, which might explain the productivity difference. I would say there's no definitive study yet. Some companies have banked on WFH even before the pandemic. It could well be that it's a market and there's a split that optimises productivity.
dijit 3y ago
I dislike that you’re being downvoted, downvoting is not a disagree button. There’s a lot of studies that show that productivity is better at home for some individuals, I don’t think there has been a proper meta-study because there’s studies that prove whatever you want to believe right now. Even without citing any study, it does feel organic that it depends entirely on your job, your level of autonomy, your existing relationship to your colleagues and manager, the level of trust and ultimately your home situation. Having 3 kids running around most of the day in a 2bedroom apartment is not going to be as productive as sitting in an air conditioned office that has good physical and auditory privacy. However, it’s also true that management has been basically cutting costs extremely in terms of office space for decades, you don’t even get enough personal space or privacy for a cubicle now: let alone a door you could close. Erosion of the quality of the office over this period of time has created a pretty large gulf to cross. I would argue that most people have better working conditions at home than the torrid open office that we’ve been subjected to.
- randomdata 3y ago
  > downvoting is not a disagree button. It's not anything other than a "something pressed a button" button. Offering nothing more than a poor man's analytics system, at best. No additional information can be obtained from it. But, that is still good information, as it tells that there is activity in the vicinity of the comment, which is why one comes here to post and not instead write in their private journal.

jemmyw 3y ago

That would be the same data wouldn't it. Provide some data that it goes one way or the other.

ethanbond 3y ago

Yes, there's tons of evidence that distractions are incredibly costly, especially for complex or creative work, and that modern offices are super distracting places. Sure you could imagine a hypothetical world in which offices were designed differently, but for the most part RTO is return-to-open-office, with multiple distractions per hour.

unethical_ban 3y ago
Yes, there's tons of evidence that distractions are incredibly costly, especially for complex or creative work, and that home offices are cramped places where work intrudes on the home sanctum; where the chores and unfinished personal tasks of one's life haunt the mind of the worker and distract them from the undivided attention of their work tasks and interactions with coworkers. I am more on edge from waiting for someone to message me while at home than I ever was when I thought someone was going to walk up to me. Disclaimer: like everyone else here, this is an opinion. Thinking WFH is magical is also an opinion. WFH has some upsides, and some people get more upside than others.
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lkramer 3y ago

It's certainly more efficient for me that I don't have to commute 2 hours per day on my own dime to spend the day in some open plan office with inferior equipment to what I have at home...

jemmyw 3y ago

> I’m not sure why I can’t reply to the guy below me You can't reply too fast, there's a timeout > but plenty of Google results about surveys that show WFH is less productive And plenty show WFH is more productive. And some show there's a trust gap, which might explain the productivity difference. I would say there's no definitive study yet. Some companies have banked on WFH even before the pandemic. It could well be that it's a market and there's a split that optimises productivity.

dijit 3y ago

I dislike that you’re being downvoted, downvoting is not a disagree button. There’s a lot of studies that show that productivity is better at home for some individuals, I don’t think there has been a proper meta-study because there’s studies that prove whatever you want to believe right now. Even without citing any study, it does feel organic that it depends entirely on your job, your level of autonomy, your existing relationship to your colleagues and manager, the level of trust and ultimately your home situation. Having 3 kids running around most of the day in a 2bedroom apartment is not going to be as productive as sitting in an air conditioned office that has good physical and auditory privacy. However, it’s also true that management has been basically cutting costs extremely in terms of office space for decades, you don’t even get enough personal space or privacy for a cubicle now: let alone a door you could close. Erosion of the quality of the office over this period of time has created a pretty large gulf to cross. I would argue that most people have better working conditions at home than the torrid open office that we’ve been subjected to.

randomdata 3y ago
> downvoting is not a disagree button. It's not anything other than a "something pressed a button" button. Offering nothing more than a poor man's analytics system, at best. No additional information can be obtained from it. But, that is still good information, as it tells that there is activity in the vicinity of the comment, which is why one comes here to post and not instead write in their private journal.