Is WFH actually more productive? I've heard conflicting reports, but haven't seen any data.
Re:How This Ends
by hotpotamus on Sunday May 22, 2022 @12:00PM
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I was very productive over 2 years working from home. I actually managed to complete a few home construction projects while answering a few slack questions from my phone once in awhile.
Re:How This Ends
by SV_BubbleTime on Sunday May 22, 2022 @12:15PM
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I don’t think anyone argues that work from home allows for self beneficial gains.
Really you’re just saying the quiet part out loud ;)
Re:How This Ends
by hotpotamus on Sunday May 22, 2022 @12:21PM
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Well the other quiet part that executives don't say out loud often is that if the job can be done from home, then it can be done from Mexico, India, or Eastern Europe as well which is where that job is now. To be fair, that was happening before even the pandemic, and I was mentally half checked out too. Now I work in healthcare which has a bit more of a US centric moat to it.
Re:How This Ends
by SV_BubbleTime on Sunday May 22, 2022 @02:58PM
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>Well the other quiet part that executives don't say out loud often is that if the job can be done from home, then it can be done from Mexico, India, or Eastern Europe as well which is where that job is now.
Or heading to. Yea, I largely agree. But I fired two people during pandemic from not-exactly-wfh, so I’m perhaps a little biased.
That's nice, but was does your personal *feeling* have to do with actual productivity across the economy?
Re:How This Ends
by hotpotamus on Sunday May 22, 2022 @12:45PM
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I'm just one data point. Where do we aggregate such data to show knowledge worker productivity? I'd be curious to look at it.
You can also look at it the other way round:
The lockdown forced companies to establish home office, something that was overdue for up to 20 years.
This can enhance the economy much more in the long run than it harmed during the last two years. Maybe the productivity gains are big enough that they outweigh the amount of artificially generated money. Then there shouldn't be much of an inflation.