Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off...
by runarberg on Thursday March 03, 2022 @06:18AM
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> I think a small percentage of people are self-motivated
Why does that matter? We should probably start asking how much does it actually correlate with productivity, before assigning it importance.
I have a hunch that even if there even is such a thing as self-motivation, and even if there is a correlation with production, the effect size is probably not high and is conflated with other factors which explain a much higher proportion of the variability.
An employer which cares about their workers will (a) grant them the freedom to work from home, and (b) provide them with the structure to do so effectively. In the absence of such structure I can see how motivation could replace it and make up the productivity, however that should not be the worker’s responsibility. The loss in productivity is 100% on management for failing to provide to structure to keep the workers productivity while remote.
self motivation seems to me to be a poor excuse to shift the responsibility of management to the worker.
Why does that matter? We should probably start asking how much does it actually correlate with productivity, before assigning it importance.
I have a hunch that even if there even is such a thing as self-motivation, and even if there is a correlation with production, the effect size is probably not high and is conflated with other factors which explain a much higher proportion of the variability.
An employer which cares about their workers will (a) grant them the freedom to work from home, and (b) provide them with the structure to do so effectively. In the absence of such structure I can see how motivation could replace it and make up the productivity, however that should not be the worker’s responsibility. The loss in productivity is 100% on management for failing to provide to structure to keep the workers productivity while remote.
self motivation seems to me to be a poor excuse to shift the responsibility of management to the worker.