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Originally Posted by RichieRich
For some that have office-heavy type of work, working from home simply is significantly less productive. For some that might only be a difference of 10% however I'm finding closer to 50% productivity loss when so much of my work involves expediting others to do work, to have specific conversations, and to get my own deliverables done. So so much of my work is literally a multitude of daily 2-5min conversations (of 2-5 people) that are so easy to do by me purposely going to someones office/cubicle. Now that I'm at home it's hard to get people on the phone, on some type of screen share, getting technology to sync up, etc... so that 5min has suddenly ballooned to a 30min "appointment". I know for fact some types of work can still be efficient at home... but not everyones. So I don't see the ALL-office all of the time, but I do see perhaps some remote offices, or allowances for 2-3 days working from home for many.
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Agreed on the decreased productivity. Herding a project team, cross-functional team, or whatever you want to call it can be a PITA remotely. Tablet culture is eroding people's technological literacy.
Same thing with videoconferencing. I can handle being in meetings all day without a problem, but a full day of video conferencing is incredibly exhausting and there's studies that back this up.
Relationship building is also quite difficult. Not so easy to swing by the cubicle of someone that you don't know, introduce yourself, and ask them a question when said people are screening their calls and Teams/Skype messages for names and numbers they don't know.
I'm very introverted and have the luxury of having my own private home office, but I'm looking forward to getting to go back into the office again