Ask HN: Should WFH Be a Mandated Option for All Remote-Capable Jobs?

Re:Ask HN: Should WFH Be a Mandated Option for All Remote-Ca... by Osiris on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @12:51AM (#22810167)

I work at a software company and we had a culture of not working from home very often. The last few weeks, JIRA has shown that we're more productive than ever in terms of closing tickets.

Hopefully what we'll see if that employers that we're previously skiddish about letting employees work from home home will see that it's not the distopia they imagined it would be and it'll become more normal.

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Re:Ask HN: Should WFH Be a Mandated Option for All Remote-Ca... by ruh-roh on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @11:14AM (#22813647)

We have seen an uptick in productivity as well.

I do not expect a long-term fundamental policy shift to wfh after we get through this, but I do suspect the company will be more comfortable with it in practice. Something like 2-4 days a month.

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Re:Ask HN: Should WFH Be a Mandated Option for All Remote-Ca... by qqqqquinnnnn on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @12:56AM (#22810196)

I'm really hoping to see that - certainly some teams will underperform but I have a gut feeling that there's a lot of people who would do a lot better without having to do any water cooler chitchat

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