BS....no one is as productive at home as they would be in the office. I’m not and I own the company. If you think you are you are either lying to yourself or your employer or both.
My boss said the exact opposite just last week.
YOUR full of BS friend ...
My coworkers and I have defnintely generated a lot more work since the “Work from Home” stuff started.
This is because the idea of “Work from Home” has turned into “they are available 24/5 or 6”.
With my customers around the world, my 6am is Euorpe’s noon (or 11am with Day Light Savings) and I’m on the computer at 6am. Then I have my customers in Australia which leads to meetings and training at 7pm to 8pm or so.
So our time at work has expanded quite a lot ... but it is not really a big deal when I don’t have to spend 3 to 3 1/2 hours in the car back and forth to the office. In fact our company downsized considerably in late 2021 to a small office for client meetings and housing for our servers.
If your job is not on the manufacturing line or in-person service having your office workers work from home is ideal.
Plus we are “saving the planet” by not burning all that “fossil fuel” /s.
I know that’s wrong but I think it may be highly dependent on what your job/industry is
I’ve been working remote for over 20 years (I do travel frequently and am in a very public/customer facing position) but all going to an office does is waste my time commuting
As far as productivity-in my industry there are clear goals, metrics, projects, and pure revenue generation targets that can’t be faked
In many industries /roles there may still be need for an office environment but for experienced professionals no-those of us who can do this also know when we need to gather
My office had Laquishas on the phone all day with their friends discussing their “good” sons latest run-ins with the law.
Meanwhile the managers had endless useless “mandatory” meetings that killed productivity.
Once we started working at home Laquisha had to produce or she went away—same for the managers.