Re:Why Working from Home Will Stick [pdf]
by graphtrader on Sunday January 24, 2021 @06:24AM
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I would think the fact high performers work better remote though is what will be a competitive advantage for a 100% remote company at some point in the future.
I am way more productive remote and it isn't even close. While I do like the social aspect of the office, it is such overkill.
To me post-COVID, the whole country is open for business. I want to join a company that values high productive remote workers and sees the massive opportunity this is going to create.
The reality is that for most companies the average performers do most of the work. Even in brilliant environments most of the work is drudge work.
Re:Why Working from Home Will Stick [pdf]
by 0xB31B1B on Sunday January 24, 2021 @10:49AM
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Lol, this is exactly the strategy of the business I’m running. We started in March, have a team of 10, and are remote first in our DNA. It’s so much easier to hire that you can build a team of top performers fairly easily and evaluate them based on output.
> I am way more productive remote and it isn't even close. While I do like the social aspect of the office, it is such overkill.
I agree with this viewpoint, and (post covid) there are options for replicating at least some of the social aspects of the office.
The high performers work better, but half of the rest workers are doing nothing. I’m aware of people getting canned for stuff like outsourcing themselves, accidentally having sex on an open mic, illegally exporting computers to countries with export controls, etc since COVID.
Work at home is great for people with tangible outputs. I don’t want my salesmen fucking around in the office. But many workers with less well defined outputs are going to be harder to manage, and being in the office kept distractions away.