Google recommends all North America employees work from home

Re:Google recommends all North America employees work from home by m0zg on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @04:13AM (#22544048)

You can. Just turn off TV and start working. Require of yourself that at the end of each week you write a report of what you've done ("snippets" if you work at Google) and send it to your boss. I also track the time (per client), and so could you. It does require some discipline, but it's doable.

If you're so disinterested in your work, you'll find a million ways to goof off in the office also. Just because you're there doesn't mean you'll be productive.

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Re:Google recommends all North America employees work from home by Kiro on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @09:28AM (#22545613)

I don't have the will power or motivation. I can't just lie down in the sofa and watch TV at the office. Everyone sees my screen and that's what makes me work. Again, this is a forced WFH.

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Re:Google recommends all North America employees work from home by thu2111 on Thursday March 12, 2020 @04:16AM (#22554771)

What's interesting is it's the fear of this that makes companies reluctant to let people WFH. I've noticed whenever I talk to people about it they say things like, but why would anyone work if their manager can't see their screen? It seems like the world is full of people who don't believe their managers are actually monitoring their real output, just hours at desk.

I've been WFH/cafés for the last six years. I have occasional off days but I'm way more productive at home over the long run, than at the office. At the office I often find that I seem to have had a full day but can't actually identify concrete outcomes. It was just a long series of meetings, chitchats, catch-ups, interruptions, and so on.

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