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Re:Google recommends all North America employees work from home by untog on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @11:18PM (#22542649)
I actually think it could backfire. Remote work that is thoughtfully implemented can definitely be a productivity boost, but thrown together last minute stuff like this is going to make people more wary of remote, not less.
Re:Google recommends all North America employees work from home by dmitshur on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @11:34PM (#22542731)
In addition to that, people are distracted by the virus concerns, and so may be working at lower than 100% capacity regardless if it's from office or home.
Re:Google recommends all North America employees work from home by clarry on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @05:43AM (#22544399)
The other thing is that people might just treat this period of WFH as a temporary distraction (caused by external forces out of your control), which justifies lower productivity and a bit more goofing around than usual. Kinda like various company internal events, fire drills, or those weird days when things just aren't normal and internet is dead / you have blackouts / office renovation / maintenance that takes a lot of stuff you need for work offline...

It's a different thing when you go into it with the attitude that 1) it is permanent 2) you're expected to be productive as any other full time employee on normal days, onsite or not 3) you'll be fired if you goof off too much.

Re:Google recommends all North America employees work from home by swader999 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @12:15AM (#22542930)
I require decent soft ear plugs with hunting earmuffs at home because kids and wife.