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Re:Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home by GordonS on Friday May 11, 2018 @03:41AM (#17045590)
> Also, "work from home" paradigm will only succeed when management paradigm changes from managing time to managing outcome. And changing that management style is not easy

I've been working 75-80% from home for several years now, and I've had 5 managers during that time. Before that, I mostly worked in an office, but my managers were located in another country. In that whole time, even having some terrible managers at points, all of my managers were more focused on managing outcomes - it always just seems to come naturally.

I'm in the UK, working for a Norwegian company - maybe things are just more progressive here than in the US?

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Re:Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home by Clubber on Friday May 11, 2018 @03:21PM (#17050134)
>maybe things are just more progressive here than in the US?

Probably. For many in the US, managers tend to do very little to actually help things, but take all the credit (and rewards) for the positive outcomes. I suspect the US is successful in spite of how we do business, not because of it.

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