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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most people are not disciplined enough to consistently work productively from home.
Connecting to a zoom call while you are walking your dog and having your camera off is not the same as working.
You may think you are 100% focused on work or that you are great at multitasking but you are not.
People are biased towards thinking they work more and are more productive than they actually are. 
Everyone thinks they are doing a great job from home but 1/3 people actually are while 2/3 are putting in less work [/quote]

This argument I do not get.

For your work reviews, are you reviewed on how many hours you stared at a computer? How many hours your ass was attached to your chair?

When you say most people are not disciplined enough to work from home, do you ever produce work product? This is what I don't get. Sure, I don't type on a key board from 9 am to 5 pm every day like a robot, but I have deliverables I need to get done. I lead 3-4 calls a month which require agendas, presentations, usually with a few slides I've prepared, updates, information people need. I also write things we publish either in journals or on our website that gets marketed. If I didn't do these things, people would know I'm not disciplined LOL.

But also, the whole not paying attention on zoom so come into the office makes no sense. The only people you interact with during work is your team who works in an office with you? You don't have clients who you do a zoom call with? members? vendors? anyone outside your office?

Even before COVID, in my different jobs in the last ten years leading up to the pandemic, I was required to interact with people via conference calls about 75% of my time. Whether members and grantees when I worked for an association, or other teams around the country/clients when I worked for a big consulting firm, I didn't JUST interact with my team who was located near me. I had to figure out how to pay attention on calls.

I'm pretty much 100% remote now, and I won't ever go back (senior enough in my career I can say that confidently). My company actually ENCOURAGES walking meetings...go figure![/quote]

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