Posted on 07/07/2021 11:29:33 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Well then......cut down on all the meetings.
You take a piss and brush your teeth in your office? I do NOT want to be on that Zoom call.
Not when it is 10:00 at night and you are still in the office, looking at the leftovers of the takeout food you ate for dinner.
Many modern working environments assume 24/7 availability regardless of whether or not you are working from home or from an office.
I know several people wfh full time, and every one has increased productivity. Fewer meetings, and less interference from nitwit supervisors, as well as fewer distractions by office busybodies are some of the factors. For serious workers, wfh is a gift. For slackers, maybe more an opportunity to slack. Big surprise.
Some people like working from home, some don’t. I personally love it.
I’ve noticed that a lot of the people pushing the “come back to the office” theme are either honchos who don’t feel as important without a building full of underlings to admire them, or people who have an interest in commercial real estate, which seems poised to crash if offices don’t fill back up.
I know someone who has been WFH at IBM for many years now. He puts in at least 60 minutes, probably more, on the computer than previously.
For myself, I have always worked only 40 hours per week. Part of this is the IT consulting project metrics are usually based on a 40 hour week. When I have been a contractor, I always bill “honest hours”. As much as possible, I try to do the same when working full time. Hasn’t been much of an issue yet.
I get more work done, in less time, with less frustration working from home.
The five monkeys in middle management can’t stand it though, and are compelling our return to the orifice real soon now.
If they want to pay me for 8 and get 8, rather than paying me for 8 and getting 10, so be it.
But I’m going to keep my door shut when I go back. Want to ask me a question? Hit me up on Teams...
same here. most drivers act as if they want me and fellow motorcyclists dead. Only way to affordably use the ferries
around here to go to the Kitsap side. WFH may have saved my life.
I see zero evidence of decreased productivity in the article. Did I miss it?
I do see an increase in Zoom/WebEx time. Well, duh. When you’re not in a conference room and are instead on a WebEx, of course you’ll have more WebEx time. It’s math.
I also see no evidence people actually require more hours to get the same output. Working from home allows me to step away from my desk and take care of some personal tasks when I have breaks. Those won’t show up in any of their totals, but they happen.
As for those people who are trying to simultaneously watch their kids as they “work from home”, that’s not how it should be done. I’ve been out of the office since 2008 and back when my kids were in school they knew that when I had my office door closed, I was at work and they couldn’t just barge in. That’s completely different than someone who’s sitting in their living room with that TV on, and the kids playing.
In the end, this article has little factual information and is positioned to set the narrative that we should all be back in the office like good little minions. I’m not falling for it. Besides, what could be more green than not burning gas to get to and from the office? And how much easier is it for employers to fill positions when the labor market is the entire country rather than local?
The losers in WFH are controlling managers, auto manufacturers, real estate developers, restaurants, etc, the winners are the workers and the employers (whether they know it or not).
What does repetition of task have to do with one's ability to perform without a bean counter hovering over their shoulder?
Absolutely nothing.
I think that most of the pressure will come from outside of the organization. High rise rentals, office equipment and supplies organizations, restaurants, bars, retail operations, etc that pay taxes to the urban governments. There will be some from the weenies in personnel that can’t monitor your desk cleanliness, Jab compliance, charitable donations and from the power tyrants.
Same. When I first started I was putting in way too many hours. I try to limit it now.
We have off-site staff from several states away who have outstanding skills. We would not have hired them previously because they'll never relocate near enough to commute.
Working remotely forced accountability on others for the first time. They can't hide in a crowd or in meetings. Now they have to deliver what they owe or have nothing to show for it. Processes that previously took weeks now take half a day to a day.
I've found the ones that don't work well remotely are the incompetent ones, both those assigned to tasks and the Dilbertonian pointy-haired bosses.
Someone here once said I was not telling the truth that we are being spied on by Office 365. Just more proof in the article that we are.
FTA: A global survey from Microsoft that tracked 30,000 users of its ubiquitous Office 365 software across 30+ countries throughout 2020, comes to similar conclusions: in essence, we have simply replaced old fashioned in-office presenteeism with a digital version, with employees expected to be online more frequently. Microsoft’s data show that remote workers spent a staggering 148 per cent more minutes per week in virtual meetings and sent 42 per cent more instant messages after hours and 200 per cent more on weekends. Jared Spataro, a Microsoft vice-president who commented on the findings, says he has seen this phenomenon on his own team, with employees attending meetings unnecessarily in an attempt to demonstrate engagement.
#29 When women were women.
Mitzi Gaynor kicks it up in the kitchen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWz_JE4Hauo
I’m trying to go back to the office because of the lack of boundaries. I like the flexibility but I am working earlier and later. I also have 9 weeks of PTO that I can’t seem to find time to take. We can’t anyone to test anything because they are constantly out of pocket.
I won’t be able to take time off until late August dues to deadlines. I finally told them “If I have a heart attack, you are totally feqed”.
I hate being the oldest rat in the barn
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