Gregory's Server@PavelASamsonov I’d say WFH puts more cost on the employees to work than working from an office. In fact, a lot of free lancers are taking to working at cafes, libraries, places like WeWork to cut down on the costs of WFH. Environmentally, it’s a mixed bag with too many variables. I’d say it leans towards neutral or negative. https://hbr.org/2022/03/is-remote-work-actually-better-for-the-environment
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@raptor85 @PavelASamsonov Things I noticed, I had 300 or more less dollars in my bank account. I had to work more hours, and my workday started much earlier. I was also way more isolated from my colleagues, productivity went down, while work load increased. On top of that, I had to create a space in my home in order to work.  @PCIB @PavelASamsonov interesting, company-wide our productivity skyrocketed, we also were able to start hiring candidates in other states with better qualifications which we hadn't even looked into before. Most of us got considerable raises due to the productivity boost, my pay went up by nearly 1/3. We're on teams all the time so isolation isn't an issue. It does require a mindset that works well with it though, if you can't manage yourself you'll do terrible WFH. @raptor85 @PavelASamsonov Oh, I am highly efficient. The issue is no ability to walk over and quickly ask a question so it turns into a meeting during WFH and slowly but surely your schedule has meeting creep. It might have sky rocketed, but all studies are showing a decline. What makes up for it is people working longer hours. Instead of 9 - 5, I was working 8 - 7. So, really work starts to invade personal time as you’re trying to make up for the extra meetings. @PCIB @PavelASamsonov so really, even if it were a wash environmentally, mental-health wise it's a huge win, plus I get 500x as much done, less risk of accidents, and I'm not massively stressed out and exhausted by the time I get home after driving. The article also glosses over that while more trips are taken by car the overall miles driven is VASTLY shorter, yeah i'll shoot around the block to get takeout or something but i'm not in a car for 2 hours a day burning energy.  @PCIB Honorable commenter, may I direct your attention to the meme, where (despite being a joke and not a peer reviewed scholarly article) it acknowledges the existence of cafes @PavelASamsonov I get that, it’s more of a QYB remark. If you want to work from home, great. But quit schilling nonsense, businesses are aware they’re BS. Most applications and laptops reveal how productive actually is and how much time you actually waste how much is on meetings without any spyware. |
@PCIB @PavelASamsonov when I moved to WFH the first things I noticed.
* I now have 2 extra hours to my home time per day that I used to sit in a car driving
* When I take a break instead of literally still be working or sit in a cold empty break room with nothing to do I can now take care of chores around the house I'd normally have to do later, or take a walk outside
* personal bathroom
* Temperature is always nice instead of perpetually freezing or baking
* can turn on background nose to work