Who still needs the office? U.S. companies start cutting space

Re:Who still needs the office? U.S. companies start cutting ... by dijit on Thursday July 23, 2020 @06:43PM (#23933526)

This one says we are only productive about 40%, which is in-line with other stuff I've read:

https://www.inc.com/rebecca-hinds/new-research-says-workers-...

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Re:Who still needs the office? U.S. companies start cutting ... by PragmaticPulp on Thursday July 23, 2020 @07:29PM (#23933965)

That's not exactly what the study says.

The study claimed that people spend a lot of time doing "work about work", dealing with apps, and so on: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191017005053/en/Asa...

The time spent on distractions and procrastination was around 1 hour per day:

> On average, the research shows that knowledge workers waste one hour and four minutes each day due to distractions and procrastination

So to be clear, people were working for more like 80% of their day, but not 100% of that time was considered core work or productive meetings.

People don't simply socialize and mess around on the internet for 50% of their work days at most companies. I've been at companies where people get away with that level of messing around, but I wouldn't say it's the norm.

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Re:Who still needs the office? U.S. companies start cutting ... by JackFr on Thursday July 23, 2020 @08:01PM (#23934180)

> On average, the research shows that knowledge workers waste one hour and four minutes.

Just minutes? No seconds? Garbage study.

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