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> How could remote work not be more productive? When I had to WFH for a year during COVID, my productivity completely plummeted, almost to zero. It was very ha

> How could remote work not be more productive? When I had to WFH for a year during COVID, my productivity completely plummeted, almost to zero. It was very hard for me to be actually productive for more than 60-120 minutes each day. I could be playing video games or guitar, or watching videos, or petting my cats, or doing dishes, or cooking, or going for a walk. Instead I have to sit at this desk and do work? Ehh... no one will notice if I bug out for an hour... six times per day. I hated it, the guilt of being paid to do nothing stacked up like crazy. I went back to the office on the very first day that my state allowed me to. I wore a mask at the office every day for months in 2021, because the alternative was to WFH. Having to work remote was one of the worst periods of my life, and I think this experience soured my feelings about the work so much that it was a significant factor in my decision to eventually leave that job. (This is not a statement about anything or anyone other than myself. If WFH works for you, great. It doesn't work for me.)

RGamma 3y ago
We have a system where we clock in and out. This reduces the situation to "be clocked in when you work and clocked out otherwise" which is easy to handle psychologically. So if I'm distracted I can't be clocked in, generating time deficit, which will motivate me to not be distracted. And on the other hand I'm free to distribute the work any way I want. Needs honesty and trust of course, but I'd wager that's not an issue for most.
Seacant 3y ago
This mirrors the issue I had with work from home to a tee. During the pandemic, as soon as it was safe, I went into a ghost town of an office right up until they sold the building and made us all permanently work from home. I was eventually able to find that coffee shops filled a similar function for me, and now spend a majority of my productive workday at one. (Same disclaimer as parent - everyone works differently)
- coldpie 3y ago
  > they sold the building and made us all permanently work from home I do think about this. I think my current workplace office has enough people that this isn't likely, but if they did get rid of it, I guess I'd try to find some co-working facility and see how that feels. More likely though, I'd quit and find some other job that does have a local office.

RGamma 3y ago

We have a system where we clock in and out. This reduces the situation to "be clocked in when you work and clocked out otherwise" which is easy to handle psychologically. So if I'm distracted I can't be clocked in, generating time deficit, which will motivate me to not be distracted. And on the other hand I'm free to distribute the work any way I want. Needs honesty and trust of course, but I'd wager that's not an issue for most.

Seacant 3y ago

This mirrors the issue I had with work from home to a tee. During the pandemic, as soon as it was safe, I went into a ghost town of an office right up until they sold the building and made us all permanently work from home. I was eventually able to find that coffee shops filled a similar function for me, and now spend a majority of my productive workday at one. (Same disclaimer as parent - everyone works differently)

coldpie 3y ago
> they sold the building and made us all permanently work from home I do think about this. I think my current workplace office has enough people that this isn't likely, but if they did get rid of it, I guess I'd try to find some co-working facility and see how that feels. More likely though, I'd quit and find some other job that does have a local office.