The economist post isn't wrong, but it's important to note that the researchers think the decrease in other costs (real estate) may make up for the lost productivity.
I’ll have to read the Economist article, but I still maintain that, in my experience and that of others I’ve spoken with, the main issue is we continue to act like we’re “WFH” as opposed to working remotely. The processes I’ve observed are just office processes, but over Zoom or chat. There hasn’t seemed to have been a first-class attempt to use remote-first approaches.
Every time I suggest something in that vein, I get the pushback of “they won’t do that.” I clearly forgot we accidentally hired wayward children as opposed to working professionals.
Yea, the pre-pandemic WFH organizations all seemed to be very very focused on taking async communications very seriously. I think there were other elements to their WFH system, but the async communications was the main thing.
I’ll have to read the Economist article, but I still maintain that, in my experience and that of others I’ve spoken with, the main issue is we continue to act like we’re “WFH” as opposed to working remotely. The processes I’ve observed are just office processes, but over Zoom or chat. There hasn’t seemed to have been a first-class attempt to use remote-first approaches.
Every time I suggest something in that vein, I get the pushback of “they won’t do that.” I clearly forgot we accidentally hired wayward children as opposed to working professionals.
Yea, the pre-pandemic WFH organizations all seemed to be very very focused on taking async communications very seriously. I think there were other elements to their WFH system, but the async communications was the main thing.