I am on cloud nine right now. No commute and there is an open window 2 feet away from me. For comparison, I normally have a 40 minute commute and work in a basement all day. In the winter, it is dark when I go in and dark when I come out. Real nice.
I am not sure about the productivity aspect. Since I am client facing and most of my clients are on furlough my main work source has dried up. I'm doing other stuff for the team but none of it has KPIs.
A dip in productivity is a problem for your boss, not for you. Anecdotally, I'm much more productive at home because I can take breaks whenever I want instead of getting burned out after working for 3-4 hours at an office, but knowing that I still have to stay there for 4 more hours.
How about, after working 3-4 hours at the office, you go outside for a walk before you start on the next 4 hours? I know people who do that, and I think it's a great idea.
People who stretch their budget to live in the best school district they can afford, which usually comes at the cost of spending their life in a car (or train or bus) commuting as far as possible.
I think it depends on your type of work and personality. I personally was already half WFH, and all WFH is way too much for me. I just need at least a day where I can go into meetings in person. I get a motivation boost from interacting with everyone and getting feedback in person in meetings, but it's not like I need that every day. It's not the same on the phone or web conference, and that might just be something that will evolve.
Same here, I have been struggling organising my time more then usual and since my company works as hourly I'm getting lots of anxiety, never knowing if I'm working enough or not.
I usually work remotely and always had fantastic productivity up until the lockdown.
Now I'm really depressed and have terrible productivity.
Not being able to go socialise with friends, see bands in concert and hang around in coffee shops has had an enormous impact on my wellbeing - it's entirely possible your productivity woes are due to the social impact.
People that are different than you, effectively. Some people work better from home, some better from an office, and some work best with a combination of the two (in some days, home others). Some of it is also training, the more you work from home, the better you tend to be at it.
About four or more weeks. The problem is that my space is relatively cramped, so hard to isolate. But even if this was a larger space, I've realized I miss my colleagues and just the ability to query them face-to-face.
Yes, but most people don't like their job, and don't want to be productive in it. On HN, we have a lot of passionate people, but as soon as I go into the corporate world or the administrations, the feedback people give changes a lot.
