Re:The working-from-home debate gets old
by Terr_ on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @09:11PM
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> Way too many bosses are sure that remote work hurts worker productivity
Recycling a comment [0] from last week, an act which I suppose endorses that "the debate is old":
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[Productivity loss claims are] somewhat misleading, the "productivity" does NOT mean physics-style efficiency of human effort to create value and fight entropy... No, it's based on what employers had to spend. So slaves that only produce a quarter as much per day are technically "more productive."
This matters because employers that require unnecessary time/fuel for commutes typically don't pay for it. Out of tradition and negotiating-power, those costs are usually shoved off onto employees and are not being tracked.
If commuting to the office was compensated, [any negative] "productivity" differences with work-from-home would be dramatically flipped.
Recycling a comment [0] from last week, an act which I suppose endorses that "the debate is old":
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[Productivity loss claims are] somewhat misleading, the "productivity" does NOT mean physics-style efficiency of human effort to create value and fight entropy... No, it's based on what employers had to spend. So slaves that only produce a quarter as much per day are technically "more productive."
This matters because employers that require unnecessary time/fuel for commutes typically don't pay for it. Out of tradition and negotiating-power, those costs are usually shoved off onto employees and are not being tracked.
If commuting to the office was compensated, [any negative] "productivity" differences with work-from-home would be dramatically flipped.
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[0] Prior context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36974915