Topic: New Research found Work from home workers to be less productive - page 3. (Read 950 times)

I'm surprised to hear that this research found work-from-home workers to be less productive. When I used to work onsite, I saw that employees take their sweet time in everything and clock out on the dot because they'll have to travel back home. I guess it's also because of the distractions at home vs when they're onsite and everything they see is work-related.

My boss in my previous job feared that people who are working from home will just do the bare minimum and still get the same amount of salary. He then required all of the work-from-home employees to submit a daily report of their activities so that he'll be able to check if they did enough work. I think this is a massive failure because there are people who's quick in getting the job done so they'd do everything for 2-3 hours and just chill out for the rest.

My current boss treats us like freelancers in the sense that he lets us own projects. I do think that this method is more effective, as it makes the employees more productive, enhances leadership skill, and boosts morale. Output-based is definitely better.

I have heard about this research as well that workers are suddenly less efficient from home. This comes as somewhat of a surprise to me, because I still remember companies saying during the covid pandemic that working from home is fine and doesn't decrease efficiency. Now with the lock downs being over and the covid pandemic officially ended, the companies want their workers to return to office. And all of a sudden there is research to back up their decisions. Personally I don't think working from home is reducing efficiency that much. Sure working from home you might take a few small breaks on the side, but you would do the same in the office. Cigarette or coffee breaks where quite common in my company, or walking to meeting rooms and waiting for everybody to arrive. Now with all the zoom meetings you save a lot of time and can even work on the side. Also the whole concept of commuting to work saves so much time where we can already be reachable for the boss in emergencies.

I thought America is a place where life is always at ease, this article is saying otherwise but I think it's an opinion rather than fact. If it appears to be true, many companies would by now avoid such kind of working policy, they would have change things but during the Covid 19 lock down, so many companies found out that they are even spending less when they work from home than when everyone present their self in the work place and since when they employed it, they haven't reverse it till now.

However, this is limited to some jobs, not every work can be done from home like the field work where your presence and effort is required. Jobs that can be done remotely and transmit are normal but to avoid problems like this headline, it's better to have a workspace at home where you can work comfortably than sitting in your room while doing the job.

I agree with both points. Personally, I do not like working around noisy environments but can be really productive when there is low volume jazz or chillhop music playing. As for the wages, of course that is an important factor. I will not enjoy working for a company that barely pays for the worth I am working and my time as well. I'm sure a lot of individuals will not as well.

It is true that for some people there is no problem doing work wherever and whenever they can do their work, but for some people they must have a special place to be able to do their work so they can get satisfactory results for them. You are right, what we do, of course, is in accordance with the wages we get at work, it is very impossible for us to provide good quality work while we don't get good wages either.

One of the reasons on why i do prefer remote work than on going to office is just because of traffic which is really that too hassle. Every year traffic comes even more worst here in our country on which it is really that greatly affecting your performance if you are keeping on getting late from work due to that issue or problem. HAve the solution on going early? Its one of the things i dont like on getting up early in the morning just to avoid that traffic which it is totally be wiped out or cant be experienced if you are working from home. Well, this is a matter of self preference since there are people who do really like for them to go to work and would be facing up with co-workers or simply does have that liking on socialization. This is why its really that much depending on the situation
since not all would really be able to get some traditional work and would be having the options on applying on what they do able to seek online but of course not all would really be getting hired
and there are still people who are jobless. Efficiency? I dont see much difference as long the work or tasks would be done then that what matter the most.

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.

I agree that it all depends on the salary and the impact of the company to their employees mental health. As for me, if a person is happy with the compensation and the working environment, he will be productive especially if he's enjoying his job but if the company is lowballing their employees, unproductiveness usually exist.
I have experienced this multiple times. As per my personal observation, it is really easier and lighter to perform our best to a company that values our effort and compensate us with what we deserve. If the company knows how to value their workers and how to give them importance, they will surely give back the best performance to keep the position.

Productivity is what we should be after and not what other people are saying about the work conditions irrespective of being a home or office location job, how effective can we deliver what is within our capacity and what is being expected of us, the capacity to how far we can deliver depends on our ability and personal interest, where we think we can perform best give the best quality delivery in our abilities, what you give in is what you receive back as reward to your labour in form of wages, location should not be a barrier.

Yeah, look for other jobs instead of not being happy with the current pay. And I guess for the employers, if their WFH employees are submitting everything in a timely manner and everything looks good then there they are happy and so we can say that the employees are productive as well.

And not just in the pandemic, but even prior to that there are a lot of us here who have found WFH already. Even in the early 2000's WFH is a thing already, so if it is not productive then how come companies are allowing it before?

Well, we all work to receive good compensation. But if we are not fully compensated, a lot would prefer to leave the job instead than to work still, and end up less productive. Not just in working from home, but also in working on site. However, on the part of introvert people, if they’ll stay more productive working from home, does that mean that they will be less productive if they are assigned at the office? For me, whether you’re introvert or extrovert, as long as you’re properly compensated, you should make your job impressive as well, right?

If you work from home, have a good space for your office setup, and try to maintain a disciplined schedule and mindset of the need to work. If you can condition yourself properly, you will be as productive as someone who is in a conditioned environment as the office setup to work. If you work from home, you will be at the danger of getting easily distracted, procrastinating work or lazying around. Those are things that have to be consciously avoided when you make the decision to work from home or have accepted the offer to work from home. Many of the people who made the research about efficiency go the way of the people who work from office are the people who have not been able to overcome the many distractions and challenges that come with working from home.

I'm okay if my boss will provide more work but as long as I will get another set of payments. I will still try to prioritize my health over money so I will not accept more task if I think it's already late at night. Task-based jobs seems to be a better fit for me, so that I can have more time for my self and I can choose freely if I will work or not as there are times that I'm feeling lazy.

I should only save first so that I will still have something to spend if I'm not in the mood of making money. There is no science on why working from home makes people less productive. That is because there are so many distractions around us but there are still measures that we can do to overcome it.

I have also read multiple researches that tells that people are less productive when they work from home, but I'm still not convinced because these researches has still lapses. I have known a lot of people who are working remotely and people who are working in their offices. And I can tell that the working environment affects little to none of their productivity, because it still depends on the person. A lot of remote workers are working 16 hours a day, while people who are in the offices are only required at least 8 hours per day. But, can we really measure productivity? is it the time you spent during the work or is it the effort you put in that work? Afterall, I believe that productivity is subjective, it is how we see it.


I couldn't agree more. Traffic kills productivity. If you're spending at least 3-5 hours in traffic, then you become less productive in this sense. While people who work from their home can start their work without getting stuck in traffic and doesn't have to spend or waste their time in traffic.

Not all those who work in a company are more productive anyway, we are now in a world where what you have to offer is what will bring food to your table, either you are working from home or not, you ain't getting paid if you don't do your work right, isn't this the case?

Some works can b done at home, I remember the COVID-19 days, some new projects in the crypto space continue to build and they host their meetings online, in the end everything still went smoothly for them.

I would say it depends, if you are lazy it means you will remain a lazy person even if you go to work every morning or you are working at home.

You are correct. The two work settings both have pros and cons, and those are also dependent on the worker. Some prefers working from home and some likes working on site. We cannot really judge it that easily as we all have different situations and work environment. It all comes down to personal preferences at the end of the day.

Without a doubt that can be hard and it makes sense that you may feel you are more productive at the office as you would have way less distractions, however there are arguments on favor for working from home as well, as not only you can avoid commuting from and to your job, save on clothes, gasoline and food, but if you like your job and you are good at it you could even finish it in just a fraction of the time, and use the rest of your time in something you may like more.

I know something about that since I have a little kid at home and my wife takes care of her. When I work from home they treat me like I'm still there to help.

I used to work downstairs but it was unbearable. For instance my wife would ask me things, talk to me, share thoughts, treat me like I was there watching TV, not working and focusing on my task. I moved upstairs, but it's still the same, just that she screams to me from downstairs asking me if I can come down because of whatever, like there's a spider, or the cart brought in a lizard, or a million other things of similar importance.

I guess the interaction with coworker is what people wanted leading them to be RTO. I don't really like to do RTO considering that the corporate building I work at is kinda time-consuming, but good thing they offer good rate as well as flexibility in time.

Kinda just pain in the ass to pain in the wallet to deal with transportation. It might be fulfilling for some people to travel, but it kinda gets into you slowly. Going home tired, budgeting your expenses and also the distance of the travel as well.

Some company do offer that kind reduction in the office. Not sure why don't company just go for full-time work from home so that their corporate building would consume less resources to keep their employees sated in their needs. The electricity, coffee, and the office equipments as well, kinda saves them a ton.

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.