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...but you are under more pressure to produce results. No, really, it is the opposite. You're fine as long you as you sit on your computer from 9 to 5. Working
by gcp 14y ago
...but you are under more pressure to produce results.
No, really, it is the opposite. You're fine as long you as you sit on your computer from 9 to 5.
Working from home, there's a constant pressure to produce actual results, because that's what you are judged by. I find it more stressful and there's more tendency to do overtime (you're already home anyway, right?).
I get immediate responses to my queries and they get immediate responses to their work, no waiting around for emails to be responded to.
There are many ways around this, chat clients being the most obvious. Also, continuously interrupting people can be very counterproductive, specifically if you do intellectual work.
We are seeing a company taking away something we - as employees - like
There's many people for which working remotely isn't actually a choice, barring a change of employer.
I wonder if, in a few years if the bubble pops, we will look back fondly on the days of decadence and wish things where still the same?
I've done consulting jobs both locally and remotely, and if you ask me, in a few years time we'll consider non-remote working (when it isn't necessary for the job) a thing of foolishness.
- talentless 14y agoI think this is exactly right. It is easy to measure 'time in chair', but that isn't a metric of productivity. Productivity is harder to measure so 'time in chair' is often the substitute. When you work remotely you don't have 'time in chair' as a proxy for productivity so you have no choice but to prove yourself through your output. When in an office you can stare at the wall all day and have it considered "work". Working remotely isn't for everyone. Some people do not have the self-discipline. Don't allow those people to work remotely or don't hire them at all. There are other benefits to working in the same meat-space: culture, easy collaboration, etc. I don't believe pressure to produce results is one of them. I also think that most of those advantages are disappearing or gone with chat, email, skype, google hangouts, and other collaboration solutions.