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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Relying on Teams or Slack to show when people are "working" is dumb. First off, it's easily gamed -- just log into Teams and then watch a movie and you appear to be working.

If you are worried about productivity or people abusing remote work, you need other ways of communicating and check in. Do short, weekly check ins with people on your team to discuss their ongoing projects and upcoming deadlines, and troubleshoot any issues. You can also use project management tech to be able to easily see what assignments everyone has and get a sense of availability for new projects.

Sitting around stewing about how some people haven't logged into Teams yet today and therefore must not be working is just idiotic. "Being on Teams" is not a work task.[/quote]

For the umpteenth time: it’s not just teams or slack.

Outlook tracks when your computer is turned on and you are logged in, and your boss and colleagues can see this.

If you shut off your computer at 2pm Thursday and don’t bother to log in on Friday until noon, people will notice.

I’m not talking about teams (although it should go on when you log into your computer generally). I’m saying your online presence is visible simply by turning on your computer and logging in. [/quote]

My two computers are always on and I am always logged in. Doesn’t mean I am there working. 
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This. I almost never power down my computer. Even when I'm moving between home and office -- I usually just put it to sleep, and it will log onto internet once it's in a wireless signal it recognizes.

Also, when people work remotely, they might work somewhere where their computer is not connected to internet. I do this often because when I work remotely, I like to work from the library, a coffee shop, or when the weather is nice, a park. I use my phone to check email via a browser (which does not report my online/offline status because I'm not logged into my computer, just browser-based email) and then use my computer to do off-line work.[/quote]

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