I am less productive on an hourly basis at home.
But put in more hours working from home.
So probably a wash.
Productive People will continue to be productive at home.
The slugs will continue to be slugs.
20% of the people will continue to do 80% of the work.
The other 20% will create/cause 80% of the problems.
If you have a family there are more distractions at home and more temptations and freedom to indulge in them.
In a way working from home can detract from both family life and work life.
It also reduces the contact with other workers thus reducing the synergy.
I think most people would personally prefer working at home because of the commute and freedom, but I don’t think it’s more productive. Perhaps a mix of the two might work.
I’ve worked for myself...at home...for the last 14 years. You’re right. I work into the night. I may be sitting on my sofa bingeing a tv show while designing a flyer on my ipad in my lap. I check, answer, and send emails until 9pm. Weekends too. I don’t do everything all at once but spread it out from about 7 in the morning til 9 at night. My other company people do the same. Sometimes we’ll be work texting until 9 at night. It seems that is bedtime for everyone. lol
My work from people are more whiny and lazy than when on site.
I despise the modern spoiled brat paper shuffler and manager types.
Sadly it’s the same about everywhere.
It’s called focus and discipline.