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Re:Companies consider abandoning open office layouts to prev... by noelsusman on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:33AM (#23069223)
I worked from home two days a week before this, and moving to working from home every day has hurt my productivity. I've found it much more difficult to collaborate with colleagues remotely compared to being in the same space for most of the day. Before I used my WFH days for head-down focused work and my in-office days for collaboration. That worked really well for me.
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Re:Companies consider abandoning open office layouts to prev... by 01100011 on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:16PM (#23069838)
Yep. I routinely work 2-3 days from home every week. Full time WFH sucks. There are times when I just need to be at the office. There are times when the distractions at home are too much.

Now I've had jobs where 100% WFH was fine, but that's when I was in a real home with a real office, not my tiny SiValley apartment.

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Re:Companies consider abandoning open office layouts to prev... by mvanbaak on Monday May 04, 2020 @05:03PM (#23073217)
Fulltime WFH means you can live somewhere where the housing prices are less insane. So you can have a desicated work place (either seperate room or seperate desk somewhere). Thets the whole thing!
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Re:Companies consider abandoning open office layouts to prev... by maccard on Monday May 04, 2020 @06:35PM (#23074175)
I don't particularly want to live somewhere other than where I live right now though, I want to live here and only go into the office 3 times a week.
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Re:Companies consider abandoning open office layouts to prev... by acituan on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:35PM (#23070098)
How is your productivity now that the rest of the office is also WFH? I imagine there is an asymmetry in perceived productivity if you’re the only one WFH, but it could be a different ballgame when it is more common. This could easily carry to post-pandemic e.g. weekly WFH days for everyone.
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