To be specific: "Americans working full time from home worked 2.5 hours less a day than Americans at the office".
Which is not necessarily productivity, but still quite interesting.
Which is not necessarily productivity, but still quite interesting.
True. But, while I can't access the article, I suspect this might be an "all other things equal" estimate. People are always saying how they used to have so many interruptions in the office, and now they don't. But that's probably taken into account here. So maybe an 8 hour day is 6.5 hours of work in the office, but 4 hours at home.
Even if it's not really 2.5 hours, I think it's inevitable that most people work less if they can get away with it. People who are highly motivated and love their work might not have that problem, but they're the minority especially in big companies.
Hence “getting away with it” might be more difficult for some…
Its really hard to find a company that wont exploit their workers and I’m still looking. The saving grace being my ability to step away and be with my family or a quick doggy break really saves my mental faculties.
I feel like most younger people will perform better than older as they’ve yet to be jaded and exploited/abused nor do they typically (i assume) understand how to set boundaries professionally. Im not a master but im getting better on all my skills as i get older and that may mean i actually output less, depending on the circumstances/severity.