Topic: New Research found Work from home workers to be less productive - page 2. (Read 884 times)

Perhaps this is true for most of the wfh workers as they might be lacking the motivation and interest to work in the first place. Maybe because their compensation may not be well suited enough, or they have personal distractions at home that’s hard for them to focus on their job well and compromise the effectivity of their jobs. While this is not true for some, but perhaps this research is also telling the reality about how inefficient and ineffective some of them that might put the progress of their company at risk.

I'm working from home as well and I can definitely vouch for that. I mean, it totally depends on what kind of a nature you have, if you love your work, and you like doing it in the best way you can, you will be way more productive working from home having your own working space without any disturbance or anything, it doesn't get better at all. But, if you are someone who basically doesn't like the job but is compelled to do it since you have no other options, you will most likely be less productive when you are working since you won't focus much on the work.

When you are in the office, whether you like your work or not, you will have to do it and do it exactly how the management wants you to, and if you don't, they are watching you all the time, but when you are working from home, you will be free from that so you might get distracted pretty easily.

These researchers found that if you work from home you will be less efficient and productive than people who from their office. Can we say the same about freelance workers?  Do you think that if workers are given the chance to "own" a task like freelancers they'll be more productive because it is just like being self-employed where you treat it as your business and not with the mindset of another man's business?

To be fair, if you have a busy home, like a wife and a few kids, and you do not explain them well enough that you need to work and they do not respect your working space, then it's true that you are going to be able to be a lot more productive at work. But if you are single, or married with no kids, or married with kids but they all respect your working space, those are all things that can make you even more productive.

As someone who has worked at home for god knows how long, I can tell you that it's definitely better to work at home. I am a lot more productive at home because nobody bothers me here, and I am in my own room and working for hours and hours a day every single day and that makes it a lot better without a doubt.

I could not attest to it because I myself is also a work from home worker and yet, I still manage to finish my task on its due date, and on its best outcome. However, probably with workers who have a lot of distractions at home, like they need to take care of their kids and attend to their needs, send them to school, do the household chores, most likely the time to get the job done will be affected as well as its outcome and productivity.

If the same scenario will continue, this will leave a negative impact on the company causing its productivity rate to suddenly fall.

Though you have a point because of the distractions, and for sure you've experienced it, I've been working remotely for a couple of years right now, and I've met up and talked to tons of people that are working remotely, and even I've joined a group, but all of them say that they don't get distracted when it comes to working remotely, meaning they develop a focus so that even if those distractions are there, they still continue to work, and right now they will say they are not distracted to work, and also they have their own work space where they are working. From my personal experience, as I've worked in an office before, I am less productive in an office than here in my remote job because, by the end of the day, you'll need to report what you've done on a day, unlike in an office where there were no meetings; you've just casually gone out, and even if you haven't done some things, it doesn't matter. But again, that is what I've noticed.

No, no, that statistics is actually true and I'll explain why it is true. When you are at home, you are more relax than in your office. At home, we all have habits of drinking beer, watching TV, doing some random staff, home is a very different area where we were always relaxed since our birth. Also, if you are not alone at home, it's very hard to keep your attention on work because parents or siblings will sometimes call you and or attach you some duties. That's why a lot of people that I can confirm from my personal experience, buy a membership of special co-working office spaces to feel the atmosphere of the working environment, be more focused on their work and less destructed by others. Definitely, it doesn't apply to everyone but it's true for majority of people.

I beg to disagree with this publication, it's their view but it doesn't matter if you are working in the office or at home, all that matters is to get the job done and be gainfully employed as a citizen of a country. In that way, you will be able to live the good life you desire and will also be able to transact financially among other people in the country which is what encourages the economy.

As said the work from home atmosphere won't be the same as we have in the workplace. Whatever the arrangements we make to keep ourselves separated, there'll be disturbances and this doesn't make the person go down with his performance. People who work for8 hours now work more than that, because it had been an easy task for the higher authorities to seek support with the employees whenever required. Beyond the working hours they shouldn't be disturbed.

These researchers found that if you work from home you will be less efficient and productive than people who from their office. Can we say the same about freelance workers?  Do you think that if workers are given the chance to "own" a task like freelancers they'll be more productive because it is just like being self-employed where you treat it as your business and not with the mindset of another man's business?

I could not attest to it because I myself is also a work from home worker and yet, I still manage to finish my task on its due date, and on its best outcome. However, probably with workers who have a lot of distractions at home, like they need to take care of their kids and attend to their needs, send them to school, do the household chores, most likely the time to get the job done will be affected as well as its outcome and productivity. If the same scenario will continue, this will leave a negative impact on the company causing its productivity rate to suddenly fall.

These researchers found that if you work from home you will be less efficient and productive than people who from their office. Can we say the same about freelance workers?  Do you think that if workers are given the chance to "own" a task like freelancers they'll be more productive because it is just like being self-employed where you treat it as your business and not with the mindset of another man's business?

For me there is no sign of truth or evidence of reality to which the body of the content is directly explaining, why because there are some individual who made their home a personal office does it mean that these sets of people aren't making great inputs to their lives?

No! Because lots of people do love working from home as a matter of fact there could be more productivity and improvement while at their basic entities because there is nothing to worry about.
Lemme draw a little attention to those who worked at office, most times they aren't that open due to some personal issues or wanting to be free some kinds of worries even though they are in their place of work their minds and thinking are still channelled to their problems making it too difficulty to be productive and to get a meaningful results.

But that notwithstanding, most times it all depends on individual mindset and orientation, anyone who is determined to progress in life would definitely make it without any barrier or having to choose the best place to seat and work from. Lets say, in a family of 4 why is it that either 1 or 2 persons are making progress whereby almost all are graduates does it mean that the persons aren't determined to make success? No it's just a matter of heart "Dearing to succeed", therefore productiveness comes from heart orientation personal desireness [ permit me to use this word "Desireness' if there's a word like that] hence I would say working from home or having an office from doesn't determined how resourceful a woman should be or maybe how resourceful a man should be.

Apparently, there are sets of lazy bunch of banana's who doesn't like to work and knees to successful in life, and these sets of people fall under the category of "lemme manage the work at hand while my dream job come fort" are the people who may make the job looks very stressful and not yield any meaningful results to the entire organization and company, and if I am the CEO of such organization the only options I had is to get them fired off and to get them replaced by people who are knees to make progress in the company and, or the organization.

It will be very difficult for remote workers to come back to the office. Just being able to start a day at work without having to go through the crazy traffic is a blessing, that alone sets the tone of the day to be a productive day. I have friends who haven’t stepped foot in an office since Covid and they are at their happiest. To be honest, I think the value in working in an office is overrated.