My favorite quote:

While employees in the office might kill time messaging friends or flipping through TikTok, remote workers take advantage of being far from the watchful gaze of bosses to chip away at personal to-do lists or to goof off.

Nearly half of remote workers multitask on work calls or complete household chores like unloading the dishwasher or doing a load of laundry, according to the SurveyMonkey poll of 3,117 full-time workers in the U.S.

Oh noes, people actually doing things that are useful for their families instead of even more computer time.

It’s insane that this is even considered strange or surprising. When I work from home, I take longer lunch breaks and I often stop working earlier, but I’m still three times as productive compared to sitting in an office.

At home, I actually get focused time to do something and think. At the office, this is extreamly difficult with all the distractions and noise constantly interrupting my train of thought.

  • @aesthelete
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    273 months ago

    Do office workers actually work? No, but they make coffee, collaborate, and network.

    • @AstridWipenaugh
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      123 months ago

      Collaboration is actually useful. The phrase you’re looking for is synergizing the cross-functional modalities.

      • @aesthelete
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        123 months ago

        Alright stop, collaborate and listen

    • @[email protected]
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      83 months ago

      While experiencing overwhelming anxiety that their boss is going to come around the corner and chew them out for not working.

    • @Dasus
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      53 months ago

      Don’t forget smoking.

      Offices still have smokers, right? The nearly retired old lady who smokes two packs a day and is way too familiar with the young men?

      I’ve not worked in an office in like a decade, so I don’t know.

      • @[email protected]
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        53 months ago

        Yeah she’s still there and her name is Pam. Really interesting lady when you get her talking.

        • @Dasus
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          13 months ago

          Oh yeah theyre interesting and usually fun.

          It’s the bitch who doesn’t smoke who hangs around trying to fish out rumours who’s not a good time.