[HN Gopher] Are remote workers more productive? That's the wrong...
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       Are remote workers more productive? That's the wrong question
        
       Author : HieronymusBosch
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2023-11-27 15:49 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | armchairhacker wrote:
       | Are _your_ remote workers more productive? Look at the
       | individual, if they 're under-performing or under-communicating
       | maybe set (or at least threaten) in-office, if they're at
       | expectations putting them in-office will only make them worse.
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       | Also, the kind and culture of the remote environment or office
       | matters much more than "remote vs in-office". I don't really care
       | working in-office, but I have a lot of things I do really care
       | about (short commute, peace and quiet, breaks, decent office
       | temperature) which make me prefer remote whenever possible.
       | 
       | But of course these "let all your employees be remote vs. force
       | everyone to the office" blog posts take this "wrong" question and
       | completely miss the right ones. And a lot of companies who are
       | doing RTO are for their own specific reasons like getting people
       | to quit.
        
       | didibus wrote:
       | Companies have pretty good metrics for "productivity", its just
       | their overall performance: revenue, profit, cash flow and dept.
       | 
       | They could use that, but if they did, it would show that work
       | from home isn't negatively affecting their performance, and they
       | couldn't use it as an argument to irrationally force people back
       | at the office.
       | 
       | People dispute this by asking: "But would we have made more
       | profit if people worked in-office?"
       | 
       | And I think the reality is, no, the truth is, when you look at
       | it, whatever impact to company performance remote vs in-office
       | has is so minimal either way that you won't actually see it
       | impact performance in a measurable way. So many other decisions
       | you're taking matter more, that probably whatever allows you to
       | attract and retain better talent and make them happy will
       | actually have the most positive effect on your bottom line.
        
       | wildrhythms wrote:
       | Lazy article.
       | 
       | Not a single mention of tax breaks these companies receive by
       | forcing workers into the office. These tax breaks were extended
       | during COVID, and are now being re-assessed, hence the sudden and
       | coordinated push to RTO.
       | 
       | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-02-21/another-t...
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       | https://archive.is/eOeIv
        
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