Re:Public protest against Amazon
by nine_k on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @05:46PM
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No, working from home means working, as in getting particular things done.
Working from home often means that your (equivalent of) lunch break is a time you can spend elsewhere, e.g. take your child to therapy. You don't waste time commuting from your office if the doctor's office is nearby.
You can also spend more time for off-work activities in the middle of the day, but work until a later hour, again because you're not commuting back from the office.
As long as you get done what you planned to, and participate in whatever communications you planned to participate (video calls work well these days), I don't see why working from home would be a materially inferior way of working, at least if practiced in moderation.
Working from home often means that your (equivalent of) lunch break is a time you can spend elsewhere, e.g. take your child to therapy. You don't waste time commuting from your office if the doctor's office is nearby.
You can also spend more time for off-work activities in the middle of the day, but work until a later hour, again because you're not commuting back from the office.
As long as you get done what you planned to, and participate in whatever communications you planned to participate (video calls work well these days), I don't see why working from home would be a materially inferior way of working, at least if practiced in moderation.
Taking a day off is a different matter.