A company that achieved success due to people having to WFH are now forcing staff back in to the office

  • Polydextrous@lemmy.world
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    It’s been proven over and over remote work retains top talent and makes people better at their work. And the “productivity loss” is covered by the fact that people maybe get less done in eight hours, but work longer to make up for the productivity they lost to taking more breaks.

    But American capitalism has to remind the workers that their misery is part of the point.

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          My kids are less distracting than the folks who walk into my office to chat while I’m in a working session. “Are you in a meeting? Yes? Oh well, You should have seen…”

        • Riskable@programming.dev
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          A quiet desk with your dog next to you or… soul-crushing commute and a noisy office?

          Gee, I wonder why people are generally more productive at home?

          • Juvyn00b@lemmynsfw.com
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            Especially with the expansion of the open office… Ugh. I’ve avoided it for most of my career and I hope to never go back to an official office unless it has a door on it.

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          Plus there’s a multitude of studies showing that people work far less than 8 hours a day, even if they are physically present at the job. I doubt productivity actually drops at all.

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            I worked in a government office that supported a very seasonal industry.
            My coworker had an 8:30 start and would be done her work by 9.
            Other times we wouldn’t have time in the day to finish, but the slow season was hell.

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        Same. Guy that sits behind me in the office has an average speaking volume of 78 decibels. Yes, I pulled out a sound meter one day because he is so goddamn loud. And I’m stuck in an open floor plan with him.

    • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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      The productivity loss takes place at the office. You go from being able to solve problems all day to having Susie Homemaker and Joe Blob wanting to talk to you about the sportsball event when you’re in the middle of super complicated logic. You go from being able to use the restroom 30 seconds from your desk to walking 10 minutes to get to the closest one at the office. You go from making a quick sandwich and then getting back to work, to driving miles away to find something decent to eat. Every engineer I know is more productive at home.