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Do remote workers actually work? Yes, but they also shop and shower (eu.usatoday.com)
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My favorite quote:

While employees in the office might kill time messaging friends or flipping through TikTok, remote workers take advantage of being far from the watchful gaze of bosses to chip away at personal to-do lists or to goof off.

Nearly half of remote workers multitask on work calls or complete household chores like unloading the dishwasher or doing a load of laundry, according to the SurveyMonkey poll of 3,117 full-time workers in the U.S.

Oh noes, people actually doing things that are useful for their families instead of even more computer time.

It's insane that this is even considered strange or surprising. When I work from home, I take longer lunch breaks and I often stop working earlier, but I'm still three times as productive compared to sitting in an office.

At home, I actually get focused time to do something and think. At the office, this is extreamly difficult with all the distractions and noise constantly interrupting my train of thought.

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[–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Same here... we get one day in the office, I have tried to make the best of it but nobody cares, I find myself there with less than half the team to:

  • hop around until I get a desk where everything I need works

  • get interrupted by people not on my team all the time because why not say hi

  • get complaints because all my meetings are Teams anyway and everyone is mad they hear a crowd when I am not muted

  • Lose 45 mins of my life getting ready and another 1.5 in traffic (round trip) to work less in the office

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