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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by bluefirebrand on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @09:15PM (#26976355)
> Sure my kids will occasionally pop their heads in the door to say hello. I guess that's an occasional distraction, which has some small productivity cost.

Surely not a bigger productivity cost than a coworker doing the same thing, though.

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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by decodebytes on Thursday April 29, 2021 @01:58AM (#26977885)
I would even say a less, my kids will often have a specific ask 'can I watch some TV' where I can reply 'yes/no/later/that's really good/bad' and then its done. A co-worker will sometimes not even have a specific ask, but are instead looking for some idle chat.
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