Home office produces hardest workers
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Home office produces hardest workers
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#2I work from home 5 days a week. I love the ability of having a flexible work environment , so I drive myself to remain focused during the day and produce the most that I can.
This doesn't work for everyone, a lot of people will say they get distracted, or don't have motivation to make it work. In my mind it's generally because they haven't setup the proper home office atmosphere and/or processes.
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#3I work from home 5 days a week. I love the ability of having a flexible work environment , so I drive myself to remain focused during the day and produce the most that I can. This doesn't work for everyone, a lot of people will say they get distracted, or don't have motivation to make it work. In my mind it's generally because they haven't setup the proper home office atmosphere and/or processes.
> In my mind it's generally because they haven't setup the proper home office atmosphere and/or processes.
True as that may be, it's fairly easy to stay focused in a work environment and fairly hard not to go insane at home. Setting up the proper home office atmosphere and processes, experimenting with different ways of working, that in itself is part of the ordeal.
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#4The source of this article that claims teleworking is great is a survey of teleworkers, making the result - I'll be generous - "unsurprising".
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#5I work from home 5 days a week. I love the ability of having a flexible work environment , so I drive myself to remain focused during the day and produce the most that I can. This doesn't work for everyone, a lot of people will say they get distracted, or don't have motivation to make it work. In my mind it's generally because they haven't setup the proper home office atmosphere and/or processes.
> In my mind it's generally because they haven't setup the proper home office atmosphere and/or processes. True as that may be, it's fairly easy to stay focused in a work environment and fairly hard not to go insane at home. Setting up the proper home office atmosphere and processes, experimenting with different ways of working, that in itself is part of the ordeal.
True, but I find that the most effective workers can be effective anywhere.
At home: I can't get work done because I get distracted by my couch/play video games.
At the office: I'm not getting work done because I'm reading HN all day long.
Knowing yourself and how to create the proper processes/workplace is important, and something everyone should discover about themselves.
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#6In this local vs. remote work debate I find that the truth, as it often does, lies somewhere in the middle. There are pros and cons to both environments and what matters is what each environment offers how an employee chooses to deal with the challenges associated with each.
Some people are more equipped than others to deal with work distractions and some people are more equipped than others to deal with loneliness or isolation when working in a home office environment.
I like the debate but can see both sides and don't feel there is one clear "right way".
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#7I work from home 5 days a week. I love the ability of having a flexible work environment , so I drive myself to remain focused during the day and produce the most that I can. This doesn't work for everyone, a lot of people will say they get distracted, or don't have motivation to make it work. In my mind it's generally because they haven't setup the proper home office atmosphere and/or processes.
> In my mind it's generally because they haven't setup the proper home office atmosphere and/or processes. True as that may be, it's fairly easy to stay focused in a work environment and fairly hard not to go insane at home. Setting up the proper home office atmosphere and processes, experimenting with different ways of working, that in itself is part of the ordeal.
>>True as that may be, it's fairly easy to stay focused in a work environment and fairly hard not to go insane at home.
It depends on the work and home environments. In my office there are a lot of distractions, probably because I work in Presales which means I'm sitting among salespeople, who are one of the loudest groups in a corporate environment. On top of this we have an open-office plan, which means that even if I put on noise-canceling headphones, I still have to deal with visual distractions like people walking by. As if all of this weren't enough, our catered lunch starts at noon and ends at 1pm, so I need to take that into account when I schedule my day, even if I'm not hungry at that time.
In contrast, my home is a very quiet and comfortable environment. On days that I have worked from home (sick, car troubles, etc. - working from home under normal circumstances is strictly forbidden), I have gotten three to four times as much work done.
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#8Working from home makes it so that work time is worth nothing and work results are worth everything. With that, it makes sense that working towards driving results rather than chair-hours is more productive.
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#9Talking to my partner who's in OH&S and she was saying there is a growing body of evidence working from home is bad for your mental health.
Not saying that's absolutely everyone in all situations but like most mental health issues you can't really self diagnose.
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#10Link to full study? News are notoriously bad at interpreting researches.
First of all, 25 people is a small sample. It could be that the study luckly found enough people to make the data sing this song.
Second, work more/harder doesn't mean "better than those in the office".