But I think the number of people who are actually way more productive at home are few and far between
You’re assuming everyone has the same career/job, life experiences, and perspective that you do, as well as the same home office situation.
At the end of the day, they don’t have to be more productive, they just have to be productive enough to complete the tasks their boss gives them to do well.
Finally, chatGPT quantity of comment tends to be overlooked. You might want to try to make your point more succinctly.
You’re assuming everyone has the same career/job, life experiences, and perspective that you do, as well as the same home office situation.
I would argue the opposite. It’s the numbers that tell me it isn’t working well. My personal experience just backs that up. All of the people claiming that it’s been good for them, if they aren’t blowing smoke or deluding themselves, are the ones thinking their individual experience is the same as others.
At the end of the day, they don’t have to be more productive, they just have to be productive enough to complete the tasks their boss gives them to do well.
Unless the question is which is better from a productivity and a business perspective.
Finally, chatGPT quantity of comment tends to be overlooked. You might want to try to make your point more succinctly.
I guess I could have done without my personal anecdote, but this is what leads to unnuanced and thoughtless positions. Like the current top level comment.
I would argue the opposite. It’s the numbers that tell me it isn’t working well.
Citation required.
Also, are you saying that all jobs are done exactly the same way?
Unless the question is which is better from a productivity and a business perspective.
But that’s not the question being asked.
The question being asked is that can the work be done from home, sufficiently.
I guess I could have done without my personal anecdote
No it wasn’t just your anecdote, it’s just you were way too verbose.
Also, that’s usually a technique used by those who want to redirect the narrative, by throwing over verbose amounts of text out there, so that people turn away from the conversation being talked about.
So its better to be direct and distinct, to get your point across. If that’s your actual goal, that is.
Given that companies, including ones that are KNOWN to be on the bleeding edge (FAANG) and even some whos entire product revolves around WFH (ie: Zoom, Google, etc) are pulling an RTO im not really sure why you are now trying to pigeon hole and pick apart their point, while at the same time saying its not succint. They dont really need to cite anything if folks have been paying attention.
I would agree with the OP here. As a working manager and Individual Contributor at my company, I was spending an inordinate amount of time managing people and their tasks that when in office are perfectly fine performers. But at home they were not. My company also doesnt allow you to just fire people not making goals, thats not how it works, it opens them up to lawsuits of all kinds and there are plenty of weak managers out there, including where i work. Theres an entire process and almost any company with more than a couple hundred employees will be this way too.
I do have folks that are (and were) FTR before COVID and even some of them have struggled because COVID caused their home dynamics to change. Suddenly they arent the only ones home now and other factors become distractions. And not all jobs can be scheduled, many are responsive in nature.
The reality is, on the whole, most adults these days don’t seem to have the self discipline to WFH full time. Some do, and sometimes on sites/platforms like this one or HackerNews you may get an unusually higher concentrations of those rockstars that can handle it also discussing it. But for most, on the whole that doesn’t seem to be the case.
TBH a conversation with chatgpt is more engaging than one with you. So there is that. Since i guess insults are all you can resort to if bad faith arguments fail.
I’m sure it’s your total concern for AInlanguage models and not totally some contrived argument you can use to never be in the wrong. Too short and it’s not detailed enough and lazy.
Too long because someone takes the time to add context and it’s now chatgpt yadda yadda.
You should go back to Reddit with that juvenile logic.
The question being asked is that can the work be done from home, sufficiently.
It’s unlikely that many companies are going to be okay with their labor costs going up 10-20% due to less productive workers, so it is effectively the question being asked.
Also, that’s usually a technique used by those who want to redirect the narrative, by throwing over verbose amounts of text out there, so that people turn away from the conversation being talked about.
We’re talking around 550 words here, taking less than 2 minutes to read for the typical adult. The idea that this was done with ulterior motive to overwhelm people with words cracks me up.
BARRERO: It’s anywhere up to a negative 10% effect on productivity.
I think Corporate America can handle up to 10% productivity hit for the welfare and happiness of their employees. The work will still get done.
The question being asked is that can the work be done from home, sufficiently.
It’s unlikely that many companies are going to be okay with their labor costs going up 10-20% due to less productive workers, so it is effectively the question being asked.
No, its not.
You keep moving the goal posts.
We’re talking around 550 words here, taking less than 2 minutes to read for the typical adult.
The comparison is done in relation to all other comments that are posted and their lenghts, not your one comment.
You passed the threshold of verboseness that would turn people off from continuing to read, regardless of the word count.
Also, different age groups can be reading these comments, not just adults.
I think Corporate America can handle up to 10% productivity hit for the welfare and happiness of their employees. The work will still get done.
Ultimately I agree. I explicitly said that we need to stop pretending that it’s better in all ways, and that we need to have an honest discussion to balance the needs of the individual with productivity.
You keep moving the goal posts.
Disagreed.
Also I love how you spent more time complaining about the length of my post than actually making a point.
If you want thoughtless black and white sound bites, I’m probably not the type of person you want to be having discussions with.
Oh I’ve made points, you’ve just been ignoring them, causing me to have to repeat myself to make my point.
lol. No one said you didn’t make a point. And I certainly did not ignore them. Only that you dedicated far more of your post to whining about post length.
I want intellectually honest conversations with real human beings.
I can see from some of your other responses in here, including to me, that this is your go-to. It’s nothing more than an empty ad hominem to avoid actually addressing points. Sorry.
I can see from some of your other responses in here, including to me, that this is your go-to. It’s nothing more than an empty ad hominem to avoid actually addressing points. Sorry.
You are dancing around like crazy. Every point I bring up, instead of you discussing it, you move on to something else about me, trying to kill the messenger.
If you’re being intellectually honest, and if you actually have read some of my other posts, you’d see it’s definitely not an ad hominem, it’s actually what I believe in, so I express it often.
I hate shills and bots, and corporations trying to redirect the narrative away from the truth to serve their own selfish needs, polluting the conversation.
And when I see shills doing that, by signaling via some of their tells, I call them on it.
You’re assuming everyone has the same career/job, life experiences, and perspective that you do, as well as the same home office situation.
At the end of the day, they don’t have to be more productive, they just have to be productive enough to complete the tasks their boss gives them to do well.
Finally, chatGPT quantity of comment tends to be overlooked. You might want to try to make your point more succinctly.
I would argue the opposite. It’s the numbers that tell me it isn’t working well. My personal experience just backs that up. All of the people claiming that it’s been good for them, if they aren’t blowing smoke or deluding themselves, are the ones thinking their individual experience is the same as others.
Unless the question is which is better from a productivity and a business perspective.
I guess I could have done without my personal anecdote, but this is what leads to unnuanced and thoughtless positions. Like the current top level comment.
Citation required.
Also, are you saying that all jobs are done exactly the same way?
But that’s not the question being asked.
The question being asked is that can the work be done from home, sufficiently.
No it wasn’t just your anecdote, it’s just you were way too verbose.
Also, that’s usually a technique used by those who want to redirect the narrative, by throwing over verbose amounts of text out there, so that people turn away from the conversation being talked about.
So its better to be direct and distinct, to get your point across. If that’s your actual goal, that is.
Given that companies, including ones that are KNOWN to be on the bleeding edge (FAANG) and even some whos entire product revolves around WFH (ie: Zoom, Google, etc) are pulling an RTO im not really sure why you are now trying to pigeon hole and pick apart their point, while at the same time saying its not succint. They dont really need to cite anything if folks have been paying attention.
I would agree with the OP here. As a working manager and Individual Contributor at my company, I was spending an inordinate amount of time managing people and their tasks that when in office are perfectly fine performers. But at home they were not. My company also doesnt allow you to just fire people not making goals, thats not how it works, it opens them up to lawsuits of all kinds and there are plenty of weak managers out there, including where i work. Theres an entire process and almost any company with more than a couple hundred employees will be this way too.
I do have folks that are (and were) FTR before COVID and even some of them have struggled because COVID caused their home dynamics to change. Suddenly they arent the only ones home now and other factors become distractions. And not all jobs can be scheduled, many are responsive in nature.
The reality is, on the whole, most adults these days don’t seem to have the self discipline to WFH full time. Some do, and sometimes on sites/platforms like this one or HackerNews you may get an unusually higher concentrations of those rockstars that can handle it also discussing it. But for most, on the whole that doesn’t seem to be the case.
One hell of a chatGPT strawman.
TBH a conversation with chatgpt is more engaging than one with you. So there is that. Since i guess insults are all you can resort to if bad faith arguments fail.
Not trying to insult you, trying to call you out for what you really are.
I’m sure it’s your total concern for AInlanguage models and not totally some contrived argument you can use to never be in the wrong. Too short and it’s not detailed enough and lazy.
Too long because someone takes the time to add context and it’s now chatgpt yadda yadda.
You should go back to Reddit with that juvenile logic.
That’s one way to put it.
Considering how insultive you been in the last couple of replies, you might want to look in the mirror.
Also, you realize that there are “tells”, right?
https://fortune.com/2023/08/03/remote-workers-less-productive-research/ https://www.npr.org/2023/08/04/1192246138/the-evidence-on-remote-work-is-changing https://time.com/6294640/remote-work-winning/
It’s unlikely that many companies are going to be okay with their labor costs going up 10-20% due to less productive workers, so it is effectively the question being asked.
We’re talking around 550 words here, taking less than 2 minutes to read for the typical adult. The idea that this was done with ulterior motive to overwhelm people with words cracks me up.
From the article:
I think Corporate America can handle up to 10% productivity hit for the welfare and happiness of their employees. The work will still get done.
No, its not.
You keep moving the goal posts.
The comparison is done in relation to all other comments that are posted and their lenghts, not your one comment.
You passed the threshold of verboseness that would turn people off from continuing to read, regardless of the word count.
Also, different age groups can be reading these comments, not just adults.
Ultimately I agree. I explicitly said that we need to stop pretending that it’s better in all ways, and that we need to have an honest discussion to balance the needs of the individual with productivity.
Disagreed.
Also I love how you spent more time complaining about the length of my post than actually making a point.
If you want thoughtless black and white sound bites, I’m probably not the type of person you want to be having discussions with.
Oh I’ve made points, you’ve just been ignoring them, causing me to have to repeat myself to make my point.
I want intellectually honest conversations with real human beings. I don’t have to agree with them, but I don’t want to be wasting my time either.
lol. No one said you didn’t make a point. And I certainly did not ignore them. Only that you dedicated far more of your post to whining about post length.
I can see from some of your other responses in here, including to me, that this is your go-to. It’s nothing more than an empty ad hominem to avoid actually addressing points. Sorry.
You are dancing around like crazy. Every point I bring up, instead of you discussing it, you move on to something else about me, trying to kill the messenger.
If you’re being intellectually honest, and if you actually have read some of my other posts, you’d see it’s definitely not an ad hominem, it’s actually what I believe in, so I express it often.
I hate shills and bots, and corporations trying to redirect the narrative away from the truth to serve their own selfish needs, polluting the conversation.
And when I see shills doing that, by signaling via some of their tells, I call them on it.