Posted on 03/25/2024 8:52:11 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
More than two-thirds of managers report that they’re under immense pressure to squeeze more out of their workers, according to a recent Slack survey of 18,000 knowledge workers. Amid major concerns about stagnant or declining worker productivity in the post-COVID era, one would think government and corporate leaders might ask whether they themselves aren’t the ones doing something wrong.
One thing many of them ignore to their own disadvantage is the extensive evidence that flexible hybrid work is more productive than forced in-office work for the same roles.
For example, according to the annual report by the Office of Personnel Management, 84 percent of federal employees and managers alike believe that telework improves the quality of work and customer satisfaction. Hubstaff’s detailed analysis of remote work productivity for all employees shows that remote employees enjoy a 22 percent increase in concentrated work time.
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They’re now trying to fix stupid, with more stupid, for the mess THEY created.
Society is depressed — and for good reason. But nothing a good fight can’t solve.
The idea of perpetual productivity increases is total horseshit.
Hiring unqualified personnel will always decrease output.
I QC distribution engineering jobs.
The number of mistakes per job has multiplied in direct correlation to women and minority hires.
If I had to go into the office, I would get fired for speaking the truth.
I take my time and write things down, contemplate, then send the email.
Most office jobs are ultimately going to end up as 100% on-site or 100% remote. The economics of the hybrid model simply don't work once you sit down and look at the numbers.
Hybrid work is a relic that continues to this day only because employers are still working through the post-COVID era with legacy office leases. Once those leases come up for renewal, the game changes dramatically for most employers. I don't know anyone who would sit down and plan a new office for a new company based on a hybrid operating model for the staff.
Mediocrity is treasured above all things..................
I am far more productive working from home but it’s not for everyone. I no longer have to deal with the problems of lazy people trying to get me to do their work. I can stay more focused on the task. It’s amazing how much can get done without distraction.
I learned to not swim against riptides.
The "disadvantage" is that hybrid work schedules are ruining urban downtowns. The businesses rely on the lunchtime commerce that workers partake in, including dining, errand shopping, messenger services, office supplies, etc. Small businesses may close or lay off workers, and the cities will lose sales and business taxes by keeping the workers home.
-PJ
The company I work for is not ‘woke’ by any means, but we have customer companies that are, so I have to bite my tongue when meeting with some of them/they..................
My son-in-law has an internet presence that employs about 60 developers. His lease expired at the end of 2020. He never renewed it. His developers are actually more productive now.
my boss requested i return to the office
i said no
that was the end of the conversation
It hurts inside, doesn’t it?
“...concentrated work time...”
As opposed to what?
Catatonic work time?
“Don’t bother me before my morning methadone shot!”
That’s leverage.
Yes but developers are already self driven. We are talking the average worker who only works from home two hours out of the day. They require supervision or, their boss can lay off half the work force and tell those who work from home they have to work 8 hours or have their pay cut to 25% max.
Some people are reliable and fully capable of WFH, most are not.
[They’re now trying to fix stupid, with more stupid, for the mess THEY created.]
Yes, every day I was at work a couple of years ago - va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine, va666ine
AND
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Every single day I logged on to the computer - push, push, push, push, push, push
Bob Slydell : You see, what we're actually trying to do here is, we're trying to get a feel for how people spend their day at work... so, if you would, would you walk us through a typical day, for you?
Peter Gibbons : Yeah.
Bob Slydell : Great.
Peter Gibbons : Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way Lumbergh can't see me, heh heh - and, uh, after that I just sorta space out for about an hour.
Bob Porter : Da-uh? Space out?
Peter Gibbons : Yeah, I just stare at my desk; but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch, too. I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.
I actually feel sorry for these people, they are deluded into thinking they are ‘special’ because everyone tells them so.
They think they are being non-conformist by actually being conformist.
If everyone has purple hair then it’s no longer special.................
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