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Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home

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Re: Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home

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Post by Clubber »

kccqzy wrote: post #15

On the other hand, it is also imaginable that working at home away from everyone else makes communication harder, and more opaque. Or it can make you lonelier. Not every company has policies and culture that makes it conducive to work from home.

>makes communication harder

It does, but working in a noisy office makes concentration harder. As a developer, I communicate maybe 5% of the time but code 95% of the time; so what you are saying is true, but it's such a small part of what a developer does.

Re: Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home

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Post by walshemj »

marianov wrote: post #125
adriand wrote: post #114

I think it depends on what you want to optimize for. If you want to optimize for individual productivity (and there are no trust issues) then sure, working from home is effective. However, you may decide that the individual productivity loss of having people work in an office is outweighed by the group productivity and morale gain from having people working together. Here are some reasons from a holistic company pers…

Culture is bullshit. Professionals working together in a project vs a factory or plantation.

What's your point here ?

Re: Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home

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Post by wolco »

piyush_soni wrote: post #101
gowld wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you live in a 1-room home?

Nope. Whenever I try to work from home, I work from a separate room, and close it - but then the room does not have an attached bathroom inside, and there are other things (water/food etc.) for which you have to come out - and once she knows I'm at home, she will bang the door every few minutes to come in, to talk or play with me.

That's a teachable moment and one you can fix.

Re: Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home

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Post by Clubber »

kuriho wrote: post #113
woogiewonka wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. Poop any time you want 2. Take a nap vs. pretending to work 3. Less stress - no dealing with assholes in person, now you can simply click away. 4. Spend time with kids 5. No driving needed, avoid polluted highways, more sleep, less stress, less frustration. 6. Eat healthy home made. No need to ingest preservatives every day. 7. Keep sanity by working only when you are most productive vs. pretending to work when yo…

Working at home offers very little protection from the pains of working for the wrong company.

Yes, but it makes it more tolerable.

Re: Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home

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Post by Clubber »

kuriho wrote: post #33

With the population exploding and space to build new houses growing ever so scarcely I can not imagine a long-term future in which working from home would be profitable. Instead of working from home, living at work seems to be the more logical step forward. Personally I'd prefer living at a shared-workspace or company campus as long as work and living facilities are clearly separate.

>space to build new houses growing ever so scarcely

If you are talking about the US, I think you are neglecting to take into account the hundreds of millions of square acreage between the coasts.

Re: Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home

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Post by bitL »

mikekchar wrote: post #81
gowld wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> hackers don't work in noisy, open spaces; they work in rooms with doors. > They work in cosy, neighborhoody places with people around Which is it? That article did not age well.

Oddly my most productive place is the train -- especially the shinkansen (I'm in Japan). My next most productive is MacDonald's. It is super weird. However, I think part of the productivity increase is due to it being an unusual place. I don't live anywhere near MacDonald's and I only work there when I visit my mother in law (who lives in a fairly big city). I couldn't possibly afford to travel on the shinkansen all…

I know a person who can sleep only on a very noisy street with open window (including night clubs with loud music until morning). YMMV

Re: Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home

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Post by sheeshkebab »

adriand wrote: post #114

I think it depends on what you want to optimize for. If you want to optimize for individual productivity (and there are no trust issues) then sure, working from home is effective. However, you may decide that the individual productivity loss of having people work in an office is outweighed by the group productivity and morale gain from having people working together. Here are some reasons from a holistic company pers…

In thech companies, the only valid reason to be in the office is that often times upper management (those who pay bills/salaries) are restless crowd that can’t sit in one place staring at screen and have grand desire to run around the floor watching people “work”.

The rest of your points are absolute bull shit that can all be done remotely.

Re: Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home

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Post by emperorcezar »

adriand wrote: post #114

I think it depends on what you want to optimize for. If you want to optimize for individual productivity (and there are no trust issues) then sure, working from home is effective. However, you may decide that the individual productivity loss of having people work in an office is outweighed by the group productivity and morale gain from having people working together. Here are some reasons from a holistic company pers…

This comment is the epitamy of the tech industry... Responding to actual data with antidote and personal opinion. Followed by the crowds upvoting.

Re: Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home

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Post by TsomArp »

adriand wrote: post #114

I think it depends on what you want to optimize for. If you want to optimize for individual productivity (and there are no trust issues) then sure, working from home is effective. However, you may decide that the individual productivity loss of having people work in an office is outweighed by the group productivity and morale gain from having people working together. Here are some reasons from a holistic company pers…

Exactly. While I love the flexibility of not having to go to the office once or twice a week, being alone all the time is very rough mentally.
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