Do remote workers actually work? Yes, but they also shop and shower

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• superkret@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A good boss doesn’t give a shit about whether the workers do other things during work time, as long as the work is done satisfactorily.

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  • Fester@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    At my last office job, years ago when I was young and lived with my parents and had very few financial obligations, I would always ask to clock out and leave whenever I ran out of work to do for the day. It was always busy mornings and slow afternoons. My boss thought I was insane for not wanting to get paid to sit there and fuck around on Facebook (her exact words.) But to me it was worth losing $30-60 to gain back 3-6 hours of my personal life every week.

    The boss and most co-workers were great, and the work wasn’t even bad when it was busy, but just physically being present there was soul-crushing.

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  • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Most bosses: hmm but if you worked instead of doing small important things for your family you could four double your productivity instead of only triple it!

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    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Most bosses equate having fun with not working and so not having fun with being productive. However, most workers are in a twilight state of not having fun and not being productive.

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• SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The first hour in the office was spent staring at the screen wiggling the mouse from time to time when the screen saver came on because too tired from commuting every day. But, it was at the office so it was productive staring I guess.

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  • coyootje@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Haha it’s so ridiculous that these articles never take into consideration that people in the office don’t have a lot of productive time.

    I had the same, I would have a somewhat easy first hour, then spend 2 to 3 hours really focusing and then I’d basically be done for the day and would spend some time idling after lunch until I deemed it was an appropriate time to leave and “work some more from home”.

    My best year billability wise was the first year of the covid lockdowns, I managed to generate something like 25% more just because of being able to work from home and cutting back on the travel time to customers and being able to multi-task occasionally when I had a quiet day for a customer. I’m glad I live in the Netherlands, hybrid/remote working seems like it’ll remain over here at least.

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    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And they they go on about the free flow of ideas, innovations and cooperation. Please, we were all sitting there with headphones trying to isolate ourselves to get anything done because some manager would always be on a loud phone call and using a meeting space to work was forbidden.

      Driving to customers or flying to the other side of the world for a meeting was such a big time sink.

      It also reminds me of the story of Rotterdam harbour where they just couldn’t find any people anymore. Turns out that the cost of commuting was so high, people made more money doing lower paid work closer to home.

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  • kamenlady@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Starring in your own office movie.

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    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Office Space is a documentary

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• exanime@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Gotta love how the articles frames it. While at work people “kill time” with tik tok but at home they “goof off” folding laundry

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  • Nommer@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m killing time right now because there’s nothing to do but yet I can’t go home and clean up the clutter that’s accumulated from being stuck at work all day with nothing to do.

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• kat_angstrom@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And in the office there are people who literally hang out at the coffee machine for 30-60 minutes at a time, talking to everyone who comes by under the guise of “networking”.

  The media gotta stop reporting on the laundry like it’s the equivalent of stealing from the company.

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  • frog_brawler@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’d be cool if the media did a piece about how companies are stealing the excess labor of their employees. It will never happen though because “the media” also steals the excess labor from it’s employees.

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    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Maybe the solution to return-to-work is manufacturing a bunch of fake news about remote workers being significantly less likely to unionize and more likely to take an ass pounding from corporate overlords?

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  • cheddar@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I worked with people who could easily spend 30 minutes scrolling social media while pooping.

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    • magikmw@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don’t shame my post-meeting decompression.

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  • menemen@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We have people here working maximum 1 hour per day, in the home office they can at least not stop others from working.

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    • PiecePractical@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So, I work in a maintenance position that really isn’t possible to do remotely but we have a fair amount of desk work too. We’re in the process of setting up a workstation to program and new head ends for our systems. The first thing on everyone’s list when we were deciding on a location was “as far from everyone else as possible” because we all know that other people being around to make small talk is a distraction that will easily double the time it takes to get this shit done.

      In every maintenance position I’ve had, every one of us has had our own secret workspaces where most other guys didn’t know to look for us just so that we could get some desk work done in peace. Co-workers are a distraction more often than they are a help and I think we’ve all known this for years.

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• undergroundoverground@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You think that’s bad, wait until you hear about the shareholders and landlords.

  They dont even have to pretend to work to get paid.

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• Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sounds like they take micro breaks, which is not only healthy, but can help with productivity.

  Is anyone complaining about this?

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  • thessnake03@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Billionaires whose commercial real estate investments are tanking

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    • JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Supply and demand is a fickle bitch.

      Excuse me while I go cry a river for the real estate tycoons who will have to sell off their yachts.

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  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Managera who have nothing better to do

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• AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When I used to work in office:

  • Wake up at 7am, get ready to go and take a 1 hour commute in, usually there by 9:00
  • Try to find parking, walk to office, morning break room coffee and chatter, usually settle in around 9:30
  • Get interrupted multiple times by desk drive bys
  • Take 2 hour lunch around noon with multiple coworkers because why not
  • Get interrupted multiple times by desk drive bys
  • Leave at 4 to try and avoid some traffic

  Now that I work from home:

  • Wake up and hop online to work, usually settle in by 7:30am
  • No desk drive by interruptions
  • Eat at my desk during meetings or while simultaneously working
  • Sometimes start laundry or something during the day, but who cares?
  • Usually work later than 5

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  • Crackhappy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Every time I get asked about going back into an office my response is “Why would you want me to be far less productive?”

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    • IamAnonymous@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      To collaborate with the team, of course…

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    • KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So that we feel vindicated in actually owning your productive time. So that management can show they add value by watching you work.

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• GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Jokes on you, I shop and shower while at the office as well.

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  • friend_of_satan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Exactly this. The office doesn’t magically make people work undistracted all day for that sweet sweet 110% productivity.

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  • Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Your office has a shower?

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    • cheddar@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes. People who go to the office by bicycle can take a shower, for example.

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    • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes. It gets used by people commuting long distances by bike and people who work out during lunch, or for anyone who needs to shower for other unknown reasons.

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• Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fuck this corporate propaganda.

  Work from home and be happy.

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• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Businesses during covid: we are seeing an all time high in productivity from our workers due to them working from home, this is amazing!

  Businesses after covid: these people working from home are nothing but lazy leeches who probably arent even doing their job and are robbing us of our money, despite all our previous statements to the contrary and verifiable statistics counter to this narrative we’re now pushing!

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  • skyspydude1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    despite all our previous statements to the contrary and verifiable statistics counter to this narrative

    This was by far the most frustrating part of the RTO push at my old company. The unofficial motto I was always told was “Show me the data”, as it was basically impossible to push for any sort of decision without solid data to back it up, even if everyone in the group thought it was a good idea.

    When RTO was announced and the big all people town hall was held, multiple group heads stood up and asked the execs why they were doing this, and what data they had to back it up. Literally, and I quote from one of the execs, “Well, we don’t really have any, but we feel that people will be more productive, will be sharing more ideas and innovating when in the office.”

    Yes, the executive at a multi-billion dollar automotive company literally said with a straight face to thousands of engineers who’d been working almost entirely from home for the past 3 years “This decision is based on feels, not reality”. Even better was since there was already an initial non-mandatory RTO push, some absolute chads even interrupted them to pull up hard data showing they had been tracking productivity since the RTO push, and their group members were significantly less productive on days they were in-office. Not only that, but they also showed there literally wasn’t the office space to fit everyone. The exec just hand waved it away and said “I’m sure we have plenty of desks for everyone”.

    It’s absolutely infuriating seeing these people getting paid millions, if not billions, to suck so hard at basically everything.

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    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I worked at a different company that was big on “data driven decisions”. They had tshirts made that literally said something like"data > feelings"

      Before the pandemic, someone mentioned that studies were showing 4 day work weeks were effective and made people happier. The CEO just said “Yeah we’re not doing that.” Didn’t read the article or the study. Just nah.

      After the pandemic, they were making people go back into the office. Same energy.

      So what I’m saying is management and leadership are often just gutfeel idiots. Expensive babies.

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    • TheKracken@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It was never about RTO or Productivity. It was all about getting people to quit to reduce the bottom line. Otherwise they would have had layoffs and would have looked bad and cost more money in severance. It’s all just trying to save money.

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• renrenPDX@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This article can be applied the same way to Office workers. No they’re not working 100% of the time. What’s a problem is if they’re exceedingly unavailable or underperforming at their job and affecting others.

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  • Kichae@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Shit, my desk used to be next to the kitchen. I made lunch and ran/emptied the dishwasher at the office and the bosses didn’t whinge about how I spent my time. I also did a bunch of my ideation on the office couch.

    But do the same things in my home and it’s a problem? That tells me what the real issue is: the threat of agency.

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    • KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My management prizes my ability to write complex things ina professional and easily digestible manner. However part of that process might look like I’m doing nothing at all, while I’ve got a half a draft written and I’m just sitting there for an hour and a half doing sudoku puzzles while what I’ve written vs what I need to say percolates in my brain. And yet I have to be cautious about it because some of them are convinced we work in a widget factory, where ass in seat and hands on keyboard equals work produced.

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  • mayo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I stay at home to work on cool projects and I go to the office to get through mountains of boring administrative tasks and socialize. The whole time at work issue being discussed isn’t as important as labour productivity.

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    • KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m constantly preaching that “we don’t work in a widget factory, there is only the work there is to do, and if it’s all done, wtf are you complaining about? Asses in seats does not correlate to work completed. As long as we’re available to complete tasks, you’re getting what you’re paying for.”

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• halykthered@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If anything, one should absolutely take care of mundane tasks with downtime between productive tasks. If their workflow allows for short breaks, it doesn’t make a difference to the employer if nothing is done or an unrelated task is done.

  They pay people to complete tasks for their corporation. They don’t own the worker’s bodies or minds due to the virtue of providing a paycheck.

  This concept of whole ownership of people really is baked into US social consciousness.

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  • door_in_the_face@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I can even imagine that some household chores can be done while “actively” working, like when you’re in a call and just listening to the other parties.

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  • 1984@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah the US is a sick country. They think money and power is the meaning of life. And it’s very obviously not.

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• buddascrayon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There is a concept that companies and managers need to wrap their stupid brains around. And that is that they are paying for your work not your time. So long as you complete the jobs and tasks they ask of you and need from you it shouldn’t matter what the hell you’re doing otherwise.

  But they’re dumb Boomer infected brains have been programmed to expect people to sit in cubicles and offices like drones and stare at computer screens all day long. All so rich CEOs can walk through the building and feel more impressive.

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  • WoahWoah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It also comes from the fact that many jobs, and many more historically, were, in fact, paying you for your time. If you’re fortunate enough to work in a job that doesn’t care how much of your time is “company time,” and you can work 5 hours a week to get everything expected of you done, that’s great, but I would be quiet about it. Any manager I’ve met would likely make a decision to give you 8x the amount expected of you each week, if that’s your situation.

    Most people don’t have the luxury you’re describing, so I would hold on to that job situation!

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    • naught101@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The backlog at my old job was a solid couple of years long. Probably a decade if you included all the non-critical stuff

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    • buddascrayon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you’re fortunate enough to work in a job that doesn’t care how much of your time is “company time,” and you can work 5 hours a week to get everything expected of you done, that’s great, but I would be quiet about it.

      Ok, first there are no jobs like this. Or, to be more precise, there are jobs like this but they are few and far between and are always in offices where you can make it look like it’s taking a lot of time to get your work done while basically goofing off. And generally speaking they’re hourly paid.

      Salaried jobs pretty much have a pretty rigorous work load. They don’t hire people for a salary position without knowing how much work it takes to get the job done. So whether you are sitting in an office or sitting at your desk at home, the same amount of actual work is required. The only difference is that you don’t waste hours getting dressed up and commuting to your job. This is why work from home arrangements tend to be far more efficient for both the worker and the company.

      The reason these CEOs and managers are trying to force everyone back into offices is to justify their own egos and jobs. There is literally a ton of evidence that work from home jobs are way more productive than work from office jobs. But these egotistical douchebags don’t care. They need to see people slaving away at a desk and to be seen walking through their expensive office buildings in order to feel like they are worthwhile.

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  • HowManyNimons@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Gonna blow some fucking minds here: There are dishwashers in offices! And all sorts of other bits and pieces like coffee makers to futz around with. Got to be seen to be doing your share! Make a pot of coffee! Unload the dishwasher!

    Honestly I am sure I waste just as much time or more when I’m in the office. And I’m interrupted more often so I’m less productive generally.

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  • DillyDaily@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My partners boss took a lot of issues with multitasking and I can’t understand his logic.

    I was getting fed up of my partners breakfast and lunch dishes piling up in the kitchen.

    I’d come home from work to find the kitchen a disaster zone. I wouldn’t even have a clean spot of bench space to put my water bottle down.

    My partner would explain he didn’t have long enough on his lunch break to wash the dishes, and his boss was cracking down on people doing personal chores during the work day.

    I suggested if he can’t clean up like he’s at home, he needs to prepare food like he’s in the office. Ie, make a lunch box the night before so there aren’t 40 dishes on the day.

    He explained that this is how he used to eat in the office, because they had a cleaner who worked while everyone was in, tidying up after them, they’d cook meals for each other and eat family style, and his boss still encourages family lunches via teams/zoom.

    So his boss used to hire someone to clean while the pencil pushers were pushing pencils. Now there is no one who’s job is to clean, but his boss won’t let anyone clean up after themselves, but still expects them to generate mess for team building.

    I told my partner he can either get a lunch box, or he can tell his boss “I’m doing the dishes during the work day, if you’d prefer I don’t, I won’t, but I’ll need a raise because divorce is expensive”

    If it was any other boss, I’d tell my partner to suck it up and eat faster so he can wash up on his break, but it’s the fact the boss is still working in the office with the cleaner, so he’s got someone cleaning up as he works, but he won’t allow his staff to also work in a safe and clean environment.

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    • buddascrayon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah that’s a terrible boss. There are a shit ton of those. And the fact that they’re arranging his work at home the way he would work in an office is just ridiculous. The idea that you have a “lunch break” at home is just stupid. You should be able to do the work as it’s needed not clock-in clock-out style like they’re in an office.

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• aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Alright stop, collaborate and listen

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  • grudan@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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    • TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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• Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My coworkers recounting the oh so cute exploits of their oh so cute grandchildren in excruciating detail is very productive, I’m sure. Definitely makes the extra long commute worthwhile for me.

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• 2ugly2live@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I love the day ending and my chores already being done. I log out and it’s like I’m completely done and can go fuck off somewhere.

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• NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  • Exhausted working on something realizing I’m no longer being productive and stuck on a problem.
  • Decide to take a break and go empty the dishwasher
  • Comes back more refreshed and almost immediately solve the problem.

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• chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ll absolutely turn off the camera and do laundry or make lunch during a Teams meeting. I’m still on the audio and participate. I’m just able to be productive at work AND at home simultaneously.

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  • KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Right? Shocker, I’m able to listen to a thing actively and vocally contribute while doing something mindless like doing/folding laundry or making food because they use different parts of my brain.

    The meat mech is capable of doing something physical with no thought, while engaging language processing for something else.

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  • RBWells@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This was my experience as well but I found it a drag. My family loved me working from home, because I did more of the housework, great dinners on time, basically I did more so then they did less. Wildly productive overall, yes. Work took longer for me, less condensed, probably better work product that way, so sure everyone was gett better work from me but it was unbalanced. Husband and kids did less.

    I don’t have a commute really, 20 minute walk or 4 minute drive, which I know is unusual, but I do like working in the office and leaving my laptop there better. Work stays at work. It’s not a strong preference, would do either but life more balanced for me with the office job.

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• nehal3m@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In a lot of meetings I’m expected to be in I mostly just listen and jump in to answer specific questions. When working from home I like to be active with chores during the meetings, I’ll just take them on my phone. Sometimes I do motorcycle maintenance! It helps me concentrate much better than watching talking heads.

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• EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sometimes office workers rinse the coffee pot 😤

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  • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Rinse? With the modern machines it’s an elaborate cleaning out the grounds or capsules, refilling water, carefully taking the tray with spills to the sink to empty and maybe checking milk too.

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    • the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol username so apt

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• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Production went up 15% in my department by going from 2 days in office to fully remote. Some employees still have to go to the office for disciplinary reasons, but that’s a manager’s job to make it happen, if managers are too dumb to realize some employees aren’t working then it’s a management issue, not a remote work issue.

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• 2pt_perversion@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • vividspecter@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I do about the same amount overall I just don’t get around to it as quickly.

    That’s the important part. Who gives a fuck when and how you finish your work, as long as you do. We can only be productive for so many hours a day anyway.

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• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You pay me a salary to solve problems, not to warm a chair. Make me hourly if you want that. My rate is quite steep, I assure you.

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• JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If they’re mad about people shopping while working from home I have bad news.

  People shop from their phones while working at the job site too. I see several of my coworkers doing this frequently. Shit, I’ve done it.

  Sure, we can’t shower on site unless you’re a firefighter or something, or have a gym at workplace, but still.

  Employers need to reign in their power hungry bullshit. You don’t own your employees, and if the work is getting done on time, you have nothing to complain about.

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• bamfic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I take much shorter lunch breaks, but longer naps. Much more comfortable on my couch than in my car like I used to have to do.

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  • Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Amen. I work through lunch, honestly. I’m sitting at home at my computer, may as well eat something and work for the 30m or so. I have no reason not to, besides not working for the sake of not working.

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• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I agree, though I have to admit that my kitties yelling at me for pets (one is especially loud) while I’m on the phone is a bit of a nuisance. But I’ll take that over the old office I was in where there’d be three conversations competing across space rather than people just walking over to the desk of a coworker and talking at a normal volume. God, I hated that!

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• Socket462@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I work from home since 2012, so almost 12 years. The small company where I work started allowing remote working with me, and then many colleagues followed. Now we are 100% remote with one day a week in office. All my workmates and I know very well that we are far more productive when at home compared to when we are in office. My commit history also confirm this. I will never take in consideration another developer position if not allowed at least 80% of remote working.

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  • 1984@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m in the exact same position now, 80% from home. It’s incredible.

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    • DokPsy@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      100% wfh is hard to beat when looking at new positions. I’d have to at least double my income for me to go into the office

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• volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I once worked with a colleague within an academic setting for a EU wide project. We were understaffed. She constantly complained about how she works extra hours at home and on weekends. Well, my problem was she wouldn’t let me work at work because she used at least 5 hours of the day to trash talk colleagues behind their back (including me when I was on sick leave or, probably, out to pee). Damn I wonder why she had to work that much after working hours.

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• Sabata11792@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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

  I could be at home rubbing one, trying to do a push up, or taking a nap in between calls. I’m stuck here pretending to look busy while shit posting or watching Youtube since everything is working. Think I’ll play Minecraft after my smoke break. I miss work from home…

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• Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My billables jumped by 25% when I switched to fully WFH. I never want to go back.

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