re: Surprise.. work from home model isn’t a good long term plan

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We are confirming that most employees possess little or no writing and reading comprehension skills...

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I’m shocked at how poorly our 25-31yo employees perform in standard professional writing. I hate to sound like a grumpy old man but “kids these days” have no idea how to read/write beyond basic elementary levels.

A four month, unplanned, trial run of a work from home model, when a majority of companies forced into it did nit have the prior training, planning, infrastructure, coordination, and communication, in the midst of a pandemic where people are still suffering from some cabin fever from not being able to truly leave the house, is not an accurate measure of the work from home model.

In fact, it’s retarded as frick.

But congrats on the attempted “I’m right” circle jerk where you can complain everyone’s a lazy slob and people should be good little worker drones stuffed into an office and hounded by multiple layers of unnecessary management.

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Surprise.. work from home model isn’t a good long term plan

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Well that settles it folks. The WSJ says the model isn’t good long term. Everybody get back to the office ASAP and get back into your miserable cubes.

My company has Over 500 people, all working from home, and productivity, happiness, and numbers have been going up. We got to vote and 80% want to work from home permanently, the other 17% wanted a hybrid, and only 3% wanted to work in the office full time.

It looks like I will be working from home for the foreseeable future and it’s fantastic. It’s a free benefit the company can give to the employees while gaining overall happiness and productivity. It also helps with retention as most wont leave a full time work from home gig to go back to cubicle misery.

What the frick do they expect when the schools are also closed? You either have to be a shitty parent or a shitty worker. Can't do both unless you're loaded and can afford a nanny.

I’ve found that i work better from home in a lot of ways, as long as IT is solid.

I can space my work out over a 16 hour day with breaks in between.

Get at least an hour of my day back with no commute.

Meetings go directly to the point. The first 20 minutes of every meeting isn’t wasted talking about the big game.

People aren’t constantly stopping in to talk.

Downsides are that I really miss seeing people and joking around.

I’m proficient enough at my job for this to work. If I was a new hire or college grad it would be a lot more difficult

So you are saying that a brand new thing that we just started doing isn't immediately working perfectly?

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I wonder why.

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I haven’t had to wear pants in over 4 months.....

I’d like to know how the work from home model has affected employees’ mental health. Working from home essentially unplugs you from structure and daily social interaction. Perhaps that can lead to less productivity.

I spent about a year working from home a couple of years ago. Even though I had everything at home that I needed to do my job, I still chose to go to the office regularly because there was so much that I was missing out on by not being there.

I can do my job from anywhere, but I choose to be near the office.

He makes that putt.