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I'm not sure if I agree with Musk on a blanket statement saying you're categorically more productive while in work vs working from home. I think it can depend on the industry, the company, even down to teams within each company depending on the work they do.
I don't think it can be a blanket statement like that. Maybe in Twitter's case, he as the owner and CEO has deemed it more suitable for workers to be on site which as the head of Twitter, that's his right to take that stance.
There were a number of studies (during Covid, so a while back now) that found productivity wasn't as bad as people thought it would be and in a lot of cases either remained the same or improved. Some explanations I vaguely recall at the time were that you'd perhaps be "working" a little longer given you're not commuting. Also having less separation between work and home (which I found to be hard). In my condo, I work in the same area as I hangout in the evening too, so if my laptop/desk is next to me, I was more likely to check my emails or do a bit of work later into the evening than I normally would had I been in the office and then travelled home.
In any case, we have tools these days to facilitate remote work and that has become hugely popular both for employees and employers so utilizing those tools where necessary and/or appropriate is OK I think.
One thing I struggle with by being remote right now is a certain level of collaboration that Zoom/Slack just doesn't give you vs being in a meeting room and storyboarding, planning, designing etc.
The Tech sector also massively over-hired during Covid. I think that's on the companies, not the employees being hired, they just applied for those roles. Since then we've seen a bounce back where companies (Twitter included) has laid off a ton of workers.
Anyways, just my two cents
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I don't think it can be a blanket statement like that. Maybe in Twitter's case, he as the owner and CEO has deemed it more suitable for workers to be on site which as the head of Twitter, that's his right to take that stance.
There were a number of studies (during Covid, so a while back now) that found productivity wasn't as bad as people thought it would be and in a lot of cases either remained the same or improved. Some explanations I vaguely recall at the time were that you'd perhaps be "working" a little longer given you're not commuting. Also having less separation between work and home (which I found to be hard). In my condo, I work in the same area as I hangout in the evening too, so if my laptop/desk is next to me, I was more likely to check my emails or do a bit of work later into the evening than I normally would had I been in the office and then travelled home.
In any case, we have tools these days to facilitate remote work and that has become hugely popular both for employees and employers so utilizing those tools where necessary and/or appropriate is OK I think.
One thing I struggle with by being remote right now is a certain level of collaboration that Zoom/Slack just doesn't give you vs being in a meeting room and storyboarding, planning, designing etc.
The Tech sector also massively over-hired during Covid. I think that's on the companies, not the employees being hired, they just applied for those roles. Since then we've seen a bounce back where companies (Twitter included) has laid off a ton of workers.
Anyways, just my two cents
Joel
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18-May-2023 20:15:35
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The hypocrisy is strong with Elon.
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The hypocrisy is strong with Elon.
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