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Remote work is still 'frustrating and disorienting' for bosses, economist says—their No. 1 problem with it is how difficult it is to observe and monitor employees (www.cnbc.com)
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[–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I would argue the opposite. It’s the numbers that tell me it isn’t working well.

Citation required.

Also, are you saying that all jobs are done exactly the same way?

Unless the question is which is better from a productivity and a business perspective.

But that's not the question being asked.

The question being asked is that can the work be done from home, sufficiently.

I guess I could have done without my personal anecdote

No it wasn't just your anecdote, it's just you were way too verbose.

Also, that's usually a technique used by those who want to redirect the narrative, by throwing over verbose amounts of text out there, so that people turn away from the conversation being talked about.

So its better to be direct and distinct, to get your point across. If that's your actual goal, that is.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Citation required.

    https://fortune.com/2023/08/03/remote-workers-less-productive-research/ https://www.npr.org/2023/08/04/1192246138/the-evidence-on-remote-work-is-changing https://time.com/6294640/remote-work-winning/

    The question being asked is that can the work be done from home, sufficiently.

    It's unlikely that many companies are going to be okay with their labor costs going up 10-20% due to less productive workers, so it is effectively the question being asked.

    Also, that’s usually a technique used by those who want to redirect the narrative, by throwing over verbose amounts of text out there, so that people turn away from the conversation being talked about.

    We're talking around 550 words here, taking less than 2 minutes to read for the typical adult. The idea that this was done with ulterior motive to overwhelm people with words cracks me up.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    From the article:

    BARRERO: It's anywhere up to a negative 10% effect on productivity.

    I think Corporate America can handle up to 10% productivity hit for the welfare and happiness of their employees. The work will still get done.

    The question being asked is that can the work be done from home, sufficiently.

    It’s unlikely that many companies are going to be okay with their labor costs going up 10-20% due to less productive workers, so it is effectively the question being asked.

    No, its not.

    You keep moving the goal posts.

    We’re talking around 550 words here, taking less than 2 minutes to read for the typical adult.

    The comparison is done in relation to all other comments that are posted and their lenghts, not your one comment.

    You passed the threshold of verboseness that would turn people off from continuing to read, regardless of the word count.

    Also, different age groups can be reading these comments, not just adults.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think Corporate America can handle up to 10% productivity hit for the welfare and happiness of their employees. The work will still get done.

    Ultimately I agree. I explicitly said that we need to stop pretending that it's better in all ways, and that we need to have an honest discussion to balance the needs of the individual with productivity.

    You keep moving the goal posts.

    Disagreed.

    Also I love how you spent more time complaining about the length of my post than actually making a point.

    If you want thoughtless black and white sound bites, I'm probably not the type of person you want to be having discussions with.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Also I love how you spent more time complaining about the length of my post than actually making a point.

    Oh I've made points, you've just been ignoring them, causing me to have to repeat myself to make my point.

    If you want thoughtless black and white sound bites, I’m probably not the type of person you want to be having discussions with.

    I want intellectually honest conversations with real human beings. I don't have to agree with them, but I don't want to be wasting my time either.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh I’ve made points, you’ve just been ignoring them, causing me to have to repeat myself to make my point.

    lol. No one said you didn't make a point. And I certainly did not ignore them. Only that you dedicated far more of your post to whining about post length.

    I want intellectually honest conversations with real human beings.

    I can see from some of your other responses in here, including to me, that this is your go-to. It's nothing more than an empty ad hominem to avoid actually addressing points. Sorry.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I can see from some of your other responses in here, including to me, that this is your go-to. It’s nothing more than an empty ad hominem to avoid actually addressing points. Sorry.

    You are dancing around like crazy. Every point I bring up, instead of you discussing it, you move on to something else about me, trying to kill the messenger.

    If you're being intellectually honest, and if you actually have read some of my other posts, you'd see it's definitely not an ad hominem, it's actually what I believe in, so I express it often.

    I hate shills and bots, and corporations trying to redirect the narrative away from the truth to serve their own selfish needs, polluting the conversation.

    And when I see shills doing that, by signaling via some of their tells, I call them on it.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Every point I bring up, instead of you discussing it,

    Name the point I ignored. I'm happy to address the point.

    If you’re being intellectually honest, and if you actually have read some of my other posts, you’d see it’s definitely not an ad hominem, it’s actually what I believe in, so I express it often.

    Whether you believe it or not doesn't change the fact that it's, quite literally, an ad hominem. You might not realize it and it's just a defense mechanism to avoid facing the fact that you can't really defend your position. But it still is exactly that.

    And when I see shills doing that, by signaling via some of their tells, I call them on it.

    Correction: when you can't actually defend your position, you just throw that out so you don't actually have to defend your position.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Name the point I ignored. I’m happy to address the point.

    Honestly, at this point, I'd have to just point you back up to my first reply to your comment. You've moved the goalposts several times from when we started discussing WFH for employees (and not companies).

    You are using multiple argumentative techniques to not have to concede a point, and not being intellectually honest in this conversation. We've drifted FAR away from the original topic of WFH.

    At this point, I'd rather not waste any more of my time on this, but just instead point you back to our first comments and have you take a look at the like/dislike ratios, they are telling (though I'm sure you're ignore/excuse those away as well).

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Honestly, at this point, I’d have to just point you back up to my first reply to your comment. You’ve moved the goalposts several times from when we started discussing WFH for employees (and not companies).

    When given an opportunity to make your point, you offer up nothing but vagueness. You see what you hate in yourself in me, but I assure you you are really just seeing yourself.

    Also lol @ "like ratios" proving correctness.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Given that companies, including ones that are KNOWN to be on the bleeding edge (FAANG) and even some whos entire product revolves around WFH (ie: Zoom, Google, etc) are pulling an RTO im not really sure why you are now trying to pigeon hole and pick apart their point, while at the same time saying its not succint. They dont really need to cite anything if folks have been paying attention.

    I would agree with the OP here. As a working manager and Individual Contributor at my company, I was spending an inordinate amount of time managing people and their tasks that when in office are perfectly fine performers. But at home they were not. My company also doesnt allow you to just fire people not making goals, thats not how it works, it opens them up to lawsuits of all kinds and there are plenty of weak managers out there, including where i work. Theres an entire process and almost any company with more than a couple hundred employees will be this way too.

    I do have folks that are (and were) FTR before COVID and even some of them have struggled because COVID caused their home dynamics to change. Suddenly they arent the only ones home now and other factors become distractions. And not all jobs can be scheduled, many are responsive in nature.

    The reality is, on the whole, most adults these days don't seem to have the self discipline to WFH full time. Some do, and sometimes on sites/platforms like this one or HackerNews you may get an unusually higher concentrations of those rockstars that can handle it also discussing it. But for most, on the whole that doesn't seem to be the case.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    One hell of a chatGPT strawman.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    TBH a conversation with chatgpt is more engaging than one with you. So there is that. Since i guess insults are all you can resort to if bad faith arguments fail.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not trying to insult you, trying to call you out for what you really are.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I’m sure it’s your total concern for AInlanguage models and not totally some contrived argument you can use to never be in the wrong. Too short and it’s not detailed enough and lazy.

    Too long because someone takes the time to add context and it’s now chatgpt yadda yadda.

    You should go back to Reddit with that juvenile logic.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago*

    Too long because someone takes the time to add context and it’s now chatgpt yadda yadda.

    That's one way to put it.

    You should go back to Reddit with that juvenile logic.

    Considering how insultive you been in the last couple of replies, you might want to look in the mirror.

    Also, you realize that there are "tells", right?

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