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Re:Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home by OpenDrapery on Friday May 11, 2018 @09:30AM (#17047151)
As usual, the workers and managers are playing different games. As a developer, it's easy to assume that productivity is the game. Form a strong team and add business value through execution, right? Wrong.

Management is playing a game of consistency and control. Blanket policies are the name of the game. I don't care if you are 100x more productive at home. I can't have all these other losers asking me why they aren't allowed to work from home. God forbid I consider a stratified policy where some people get privileges that others don't.

This is why small companies move the needle on innovation, because they don't have to cater to lowest common denominator of 5000 people. Large companies are ruled by old men, and are beholden to status quo.

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Re:Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home by lev99 on Friday May 11, 2018 @01:33PM (#17049262)
Wow. This really highlights the differences between a small company and a large company. I have a hard time justifying keeping B- employees on my team, I couldn't imagine calling people under me in the org chart "losers" without having an active plan to remove them.
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Re:Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home by OpenDrapery on Friday May 11, 2018 @02:47PM (#17049854)
Yeah, it's fairly gross. Insurance and banking are chock full of corporate cockroaches. They can hide for years without adding any real value. But boy, do they want their fair treatment.
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Re:Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home by yosito on Friday May 11, 2018 @04:54PM (#17050723)
Some managers play the game of productivity. But many who do probably find that they work themselves out of a job.
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