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[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 20 points 1 year ago

Workers aren’t grasping the managerial challenges of leading a remote workforce.

Cry me a fucking river

Each year, the average American spends nearly $8,500 and 239 hours traveling to and from work, per data from Clever Real Estate.

One could argue that's "good" because it makes the wheel of economy turn. Gas pollution alone would make me say this is bad for all involved (except oil companies and their shareholders, but they can go fuck themselves)

Still, though, WFH Research also finds that fully remote work is associated with 10% to 20% lower productivity than fully in-person work [<- link to the research paper, go to page 10]. Barrero explained the disparity to Fortune in July: “In many of the studies we cite and in some of our own survey evidence, workers often get more done when remote simply because they save time from the daily commute and from other office distractions. This can make them look more productive on a ‘per day’ basis, even if it means they’re actually less productive on a ‘per hour’ basis.”

There's no reason to "go above and beyond" when you're in the comfort of your home. It's why perceived "per hour" productivity drops. Besides, nobody actually works 8 hours straight, there are several pauses, even in an office or factory. We're not robots.

When that commute is eliminated, they view it as a productivity increase. Employers, naturally, instead see it as less bang for their buck.

"You'll waste precious hours of your day and you WILL LIKE IT, WAGESLAVE!"

Challenges in communicating remotely and lack of motivation are the main issues preventing fully remote workers from being more productive

Good luck motivating me to waste 2h every day without any raise or compensation in order to be "more productive in the office"

[-] jarfil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

this is bad for all involved (except oil companies and their shareholders, but they can go fuck themselves)

But think of the worker's retirement funds invested in ETFs holding oil futures!

We're not robots.

And whose fault is it? Work harder so we can replace you with some!

/s

[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

They also don't count the externalities of rush hour congestion caused by people needlessly commuting.

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