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The supposed decreased productivity (now vs earlier in the pandemic) is probably due to pandemic fatigue. Keep in mind this isn’t a “normal” WFH situation. We’re not just working from home, we are essentially locked indoors and cannot socialize normally with friends and other loved ones. Also consider those with children have an added challenge. It’s not the WFH that’s the problem, it’s the pandemic.
Some people have trouble working while having to monitor and help their kids (also at home) through school. THe reality that working parents have is suddenly not something under the rug.
This is an assumption, not the reality. My company doesn’t make any decisions without the data to back it up (we’re a tech company that works with big data and data analysis so it’s only natural that we’d used data to determine if wfh is working). We created a WFH committee that analyzed all sorts of invasive workday information (amounts of emails sent over time, number of deals closed, numbers of meetings booked, number of client calls, etc). We even conducted time in motion analysis for some teams that tracked their work day activity: how much time you spend on internal emails, external emails, preparing for meetings, etc. An interesting thing we did find is that a significant amount of time is spent on meetings- lots of them internal. This means that if 4-5 hours of your work day is meetings, it leaves you with little time to do actual work which means you may end up working MORE and ultimately will burn out. My company is now doing things like “forcing” days off and intentionally scheduling mid day breaks where you cannot book meetings so people have down time.
So any decrease in productivity, perceived or legitimate, is likely also coming from people working too much and then getting fatigued. They really don’t have time for “all kinds of personal stuff” during the work day. Add to that a raging pandemic that’s now 8 months in and getting worse, people aren’t holding up so well.
I do and I don't. I do my personal stuff during what would be my commute times or when there is a lull in activity. In the later, I bring my phone with me where I can see any emails or take any calls on the fly. But I stay close to my computer at all times during the work day. It is just in the next room.
As WFH becomes more commonplace, I can't imagine these types of conversations not taking place between staff and management.
Slightly off topic. My teacher friends have seen some very remarkable things done by parents during live teaching sessions. Note to the room: Wear clothes during school hours.
At some point companies are going to get tired of having minimal interaction, minimal productivity, work from home situations, and are going to want their employees actually interacting. So at some point, the companies are going to want their employees in the office.
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Per a WSJ analysis, NYC is at 13% office occupancy at the end of February 2021.
People have been predicting the demise of cities since the fall of Rome. Humans are naturally social creatures. We thrive on being clustered together. None of that has changed. NYC will be back bigger and better than ever.
People have been predicting the demise of cities since the fall of Rome. Humans are naturally social creatures. We thrive on being clustered together. None of that has changed. NYC will be back bigger and better than ever.
Yep. It's just a matter of time. The million dollar question is when will it rebound not if. That's what I want to know. And how quickly it recovers depends on who is going to be the next mayor, I think.
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