[VastRWCon]

“Working from home is great — except for productivity”

I am going to have to disagree on that. I have been working from home M-F for over 8 years. Productivity on my part has gone up.

- No more those long unneeded boring meetings where people just love to hear themselves talk.

- No more pop-ins to chit-chat

- No more clock watching.

- No more birthday’s parties to celebrate

And no more commuting...

[JCL3]

Productivity on my part has gone up.
- No more those long unneeded boring meetings where people just love to hear themselves talk.
- No more pop-ins to chit-chat
- No more clock watching.
- No more birthday’s parties to celebrate
And no more commuting...
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Agree 100%.
Been WFH every other week since March 2020. Saves me 210 miles per week and about 6 hours per week. With new “transitory inflation”, WFH also saves me about $50.40 on the weeks at home....more than $100/month in fuel cost.

[Fishtalk]

I read a book by Alvin Toffler called “The Third Wave”. He also wrote “Future Shock”, which warned us to stop having babies.

Well he was wrong about that but The Third Wave, read back in the late 90’s, described a world with homes that become electronic cottages. Everybody will work from home, it said.

So I began to dream. I was, at that time and am not proud of it, a Women’s Libber. I could bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan....then something about proving to my husband he’s a man. I worked a full time job, made lots of money but, but, but, I HATED THE COMMUTE TO WORK.

I would dream of living in my electronic cottage and after sleeping until I want to awake I’d stumble into the kitchen, get a coffee, gather my papers and get to work.

I commuted by car from Baltimore to DC. I caught a but after parking in the fire department parking lot. I parked near Baltimore’s Little Italy and walked 12 blocks to my job because a)it was the closest I could park and I’d get good exercise.

The commute was always awful.

Well I’m retired now and wish I had a chance to work from home. I would have loved it.

The commute was a waste of a life.

[ratzoe]

“Working from home is great — except for productivity” I am going to have to disagree on that. I have been working from home M-F for over 8 years. Productivity on my part has gone up. - No more those long unneeded boring meetings where people just love to hear themselves talk. - No more pop-ins to chit-chat - No more clock watching. - No more birthday’s parties to celebrate And no more commuting...

Have been working from home since early March 2020 and the large global company I work for has said our group's productivity since then has gone through the roof and they don't plan for us to come back to the office. I hated it at first but I have gotten used to it and love that I am not driving 90 miles a day on a commute.