Why Do We Still Commute?

Re:Why Do We Still Commute? by Swinx43 on Friday November 03, 2017 @05:27AM (#15617777)

These are points that I have found to be true as well. In many organisations where remote work is not allowed I found there to be generally worse communication, masked by meetings that achieve very little other than giving people a false sense of "work being done".

There also seems to be a lack of properly planning tasks and as such this lack of planning is papered over with the sort of serendipitous spontaneous communication that happens when you have to walk over to someone and ask them what on earth is going on.

A focused remote worker can be orders of magnitude more productive than the typical office worker who is simply doing "busy work".

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Re:Why Do We Still Commute? by DarronWyke on Friday November 03, 2017 @09:45AM (#15619146)

And working remote can give better focus. Sure, there's always the risk of distractions by home events. I personally have slacked off while working remote -- when my workload was nil (ie, tasks are waiting on other people now). But at the same time you can be there to respond, so there's less stress about things happening at home, no matter what they are. You're not worried about the HVAC tech fixing your AC and making sure it's done right while you're in the office. You're not worried about your sick spouse or sick kid, since you're there.

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