If you’re based on completing a job hours don’t matter. If you’re salaried

Sep 19, 2024
10:22:29am

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I think it makes a difference.

I’ve never worked in an office myself. I’d not like it. I’d be hesitate to hire salary work from home myself. Out company makes everyone come in 3-4 days a week if you do work at a location now

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Maybe posted? Are remote workers really working all day?

BYUfan92

Sep 19, 10:18am

Nice try, boss

willkie40

Sep 19, 10:20am

I've always been 100% in-office, though I do have the ability to situational wfh once in a while. This was always

supertux

Sep 19, 10:20am

For every unproductive remote worker there’s an incompetent manager.

rivercitycoug

Sep 19, 10:21am

I think you’d find managers have a hard time managing WFH if they

SBB

Sep 19, 10:23am

If it's hard to document, then that may be a management failure.

lilpenny

Sep 19, 10:45am

If you can’t measure productivity, then it’s probably not a good fit for WFH.

rivercitycoug

Sep 19, 11:18am

Agreed but I’ve seen it conflated and confused on what to measure

SBB

Sep 19, 12:33pm

They do a load of laundry? The horror!

TheNerd

Sep 19, 10:21am

Laundry is for suckers

TNT

Sep 19, 10:22am

If you’re based on completing a job hours don’t matter. If you’re salaried

SBB

Sep 19, 10:22am

Do they compare to normal office workers? I waste time in office too lol

SLC-Durham

Sep 19, 10:22am

well, duh

It's A Bowling Ball

Sep 19, 10:22am

I'm sure it's much more than half.

Powerbait DPM

Sep 19, 10:23am

So what? If they get the work done it shouldn’t matter. I have seen more online

pegushin

Sep 19, 10:24am

Don't people do some of those things while at work as well. During lunch, on

LifeLongLakerFan

Sep 19, 10:24am

Been remote for 3+ years now and feel I am more productive yet have

Cougnutz2

Sep 19, 10:25am

Same. I am also available more hours of the day.

Frankfromtheballpark

Sep 19, 11:11am

When I worked remotely I was given so much work to do...

PortlandCoug

Sep 19, 10:25am

Ha, as opposed to what? Do people think workers in an office are doing 8+ straight hours of work?

TCuz

Sep 19, 10:25am

TNT was checking out chicks when he was at Burgers! Burgers! Burgers!

TNT

Sep 19, 10:26am

Exactly. Every time I go in the office, I’m amazed at how much time is wasted

Yukon

Sep 19, 10:39am

How many unnecessary office meetings are avoided by working from home?

Indy Coug

Sep 19, 10:26am

They're just all on Teams now. More than ever because it's so easy.

Pro Logic

Sep 19, 10:34am

Employees will fill the vacuum left by lack of accountability. Productivity

txblue

Sep 19, 10:27am

I know sales guys that take 2-3 hour lunch breaks but are in office

1984coug

Sep 19, 10:28am

how many hours a week are they on the clock?

supertux

Sep 19, 10:29am

most are salary + commission... so they are at the office for a standard day

1984coug

Sep 19, 10:31am

One of the biggest advantages of having WFH employees is the ability to hire from a nationwide pool.

Sea Chicken

Sep 19, 10:29am

I’ll bet 4 hours at home is more productive than 8 hours at the office.

The Y's Insider

Sep 19, 10:29am

between walking to and from meetings, chit chat before and after, the 10 laps

1984coug

Sep 19, 10:32am

The silly thing is people in office waste just as much time pretending to work

Princepete

Sep 19, 10:30am

duh

claw

Sep 19, 10:33am

I multi-task but work well past normal quitting time. I more than make up for it

YSMACK

Sep 19, 10:36am

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JuicyJam

Sep 19, 10:36am

How is this an upsetting thing?

justAnotherCoug

Sep 19, 10:38am

LOL, we all know the answer. That’s why remote workers don’t want to go in

TeeKaa

Sep 19, 10:38am

I am demonstratively more productive working from home.

YSMACK

Sep 19, 10:48am

OK. While you may be more productive, MOST worker-bees are not

TeeKaa

Sep 19, 10:55am

Fair. You have to have a certain type of person and certain type of job for it.

YSMACK

Sep 19, 10:56am

I don't buy the usage of most. People no matter what can slack off.

Blue for Life

Sep 19, 11:54am

I probably work more hours at home when I'm remote because I work through what my commute times would have been.

zonacougar

Sep 19, 10:38am

There are MANY problems with this article...

lilpenny

Sep 19, 10:38am

Our office banned disposable plates and utensils; people do dishes at our office

The Count

Sep 19, 11:33am

I like working at home

Cougrrrs Roll

Sep 19, 10:40am

What this tells me is that there are not good metrics to judge effectivness

bald man

Sep 19, 10:48am

"A third take advantage to run errands" is WAY too low of an answer.

OPINIONS

Sep 19, 10:49am

as it should be. I don't believe working 8 hours a day with just a lunch break

maxpowers

Sep 19, 10:53am

Interesting. How many hours/day should people work for?

OPINIONS

Sep 19, 10:58am

I can’t speak for other roles. I probably average 25 hrs/week of actual work.

maxpowers

Sep 19, 11:06am

I'm in sales. I spent 7 years going into an office everyday. The last 4 have

maxpowers

Sep 19, 10:52am

I do laundry while working from home.

Belboz

Sep 19, 10:56am

It takes like 2 minutes to rotate laundry or unload a dishwasher. BFD.

Yukon

Sep 19, 11:17am

Yesterday on a company call I was going through a field picking up sod scraps

dYrtbYkerYder

Sep 19, 10:57am

Smokers/coffee drinkers take 2-3 time per day breaks. Chit chat …It evens out

SwanSong

Sep 19, 11:14am

Well, it's not like any of you guys are posting while on the clock.

KCFan85

Sep 19, 11:17am

I've worked both. I'm not good at not being distracted. Yes, I got my work

EM_Puma

Sep 19, 11:29am

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