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0 pointsguywithahat3y ago0 comments

The irony is they’re tip-toeing around this but it’s been known remote workers don’t perform as well for as long as I’ve been in the industry. There’s a reason CEO’s will often come in touting how they’re going to promote wfh and then back off once they see the performance metrics their policy creates

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strus3y ago

> it’s been known remote workers don’t perform as well for as long as I’ve been in the industry

I've worked in the industry for 10 years now, and I don't agree "it's been known". Any measurable source of such claims?

wootland3y ago

> it’s been known remote workers don’t perform as well for as long as I’ve been in the industry.

It most certainly is not "known". I've managed remote teams, I've managed in-office teams and I've managed the same people in both scenarios. At no time was the office advantageous to innovation. Quite the opposite, it's a soul suck and once you free people to work how they are comfortable, their creativity will skyrocket.

EMM_3863y ago

I'm 2 decades into this career with the last 10 being remote, and I am as productive as I was in the office.

It certainly takes discipline but I treat working from home the same as if I was in an office.

I am at my desk during business hours. People can Slack me, email me, call me on Teams, whatever. Besides, everything is logged. Every line of code, pull request, login time, email sent, all of it. They know what I'm up to.

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