Facebook extends its work-at-home policy to most employees

Re:Facebook extends its work-at-home policy to most employees by spamizbad on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @07:34PM (#27454807)

I do think many of the WFH productivity gains seen can probably be attributed to 2 things:

1) Many workers (but certainly not ALL workers) had a much more quiet and focused work environment at home, compared to their buzzing open-plan desk in the office, making them more productive.

2) COVID severely limited socializing, so some people poured that time into work out of boredom.

#1 is constant, and might get better for some when schools and daycares fully reopen.

#2 is starting to go away and will be gone by next year.

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Re:Facebook extends its work-at-home policy to most employees by fbggthro on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @08:09PM (#27455094)

>compared to their buzzing open-plan desk in the office, making them more productive.

I think this point gets really overblown by people who put too much of a tech lens on things. I've been in many, many different offices (I'm a consultant) and open plan offices are very rare outside of tech, and on top of that, most non-tech workers do not see "more quiet and focused" as a good thing. Most of my non-tech clients have constant back-and-forth dialog in the office, and removing that has, at least in my experience with these companies, made them less productive.

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Re:Facebook extends its work-at-home policy to most employees by calvinmorrison on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @11:05PM (#27456251)

I've got a shitty window AC, a houseful of pets, an out of work partner and a 6x10 office next to a house under construction.

Of course managers want to "wfh" taking calls by their pool and outdoor bar

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