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TownieDeac said:
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I'm all in on Diadora, but I'm partial to the N9000
 
cookoutdeac said:
I'm a little late on this/piling on, but just because some companies are going the other way doesn't necessarily mean WFH is less productive:

https://hbr.org/2014/01/to-raise-productivity-let-more-employees-work-from-home

And IBM is a terrible example, that was a very thinly veiled attempt at downsizing further IMO. With the right company culture and accountability, WFH is way better for both morale and productivity. Yahoo was just Mayer trying to make a statement and be a power player from the start. There's never a case where a move like this will boost morale or attract/keep top talent. Moves like that are all about showing dominance and being a "person of action." It's corporate politics showmanship at the expense of results.

And if you are at a company where an employee can do nothing and remain employed, the issue is not where the employee does nothing from. It's the fact that the company doesn't expect anything from said employees. Telecommuting has nothing to do with it. Lack of a managerial layer that a.) makes sure employees have anything to do or b.) consistently accept late deadlines or a total dereliction of duty has everything to do with it.
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#anecdotes but I WFH and am very productive. Agree with cookout that if someone is able to WFH and not do anything then their job is poorly designed and/or their management is letting them get away with it. A lot of what I do can be done at any hour so WFH gives the me the opportunity to play tennis in the middle of the day for a couple of hours and then either work after kids go to bed or get up early and get some work done or whatever. I work for a youngish company and we utilize slack for a lot of our communication anyways. And there are plenty of brainstorming seshes that happen on there. Plus for every one minute of productive hallways conversations there are approximately 2389 minutes of non-productive hallways conversations.
 
I haven't thought of Diadora in ages. I had a pair of white cleats from them that I wore for HS soccer, which was ~14 years ago.
 
scooter84 said:
Pretty much everything you said is true - I wasn't advocating, just stating what I have been hearing.

I do believe WFH only works for some people and some types of jobs and, in my experience, it does hurt productivity in a lot of cases. A lot of times it is not because the person working from home isn't working or is lazy - it is just that it does kill synergy and collaboration to a certain extent. If technical or creative people are working from home then you lose the casual chit-chats in the hall that sometimes turn into impromptu brainstorming and problem solving, you lose some of the relationship building interactions that help build cohesive teams, etc. Those problems are surmountable, it just takes some effort by the company and the employees.

I let the folks that work for me work from home a lot and don't think we have lost productivity - but our jobs aren't creative or technical and the collaboration is not so important.
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lbE08 said:
I agree with what you're saying here.
In response to my own personal situation - I wouldn't want to work from home all the time, at all, because of the things you said. There's an amount of energy that comes from the in-person interactions, and I wouldn't want to lose that. Plus, I know my own abilities to focus and I would probably lose productivity on days where there's not as much going on. That being said, I feel like my patience is so low right now I am at risk of just blowing up on some undeserving poor soul... it's best for everyone if I can just go to a quiet, calm place and actually get things done. Plus, the feeling that I'm trapped here due to others not being here... not a good feeling.

anyway, good chats.
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I totally agree that there are some jobs / companies that work better from home than others. And if it works for you and you are productive than it's awesome.

We've had some conversations about it recently for work because we're a smallish nonprofit (around 45 people now), and one of the things our CEO likes to encourage, and what people say they like about working here, is the camaraderie and inclusiveness of the atmosphere. So at a recent all-hands meeting she and HR gave a spiel about it being fine to work from home on occasion if you have an appointment, house maintenance, etc (or even just a sanity day), but the expectation is you'll be in the office most of the time.

I can be very productive from home, but there are certainly meetings where I much prefer to be face to face than try to conduct them over the phone. Or be able to drop into someone's office and have a chat, etc.
 
I feel like at her trajectory, Malia Obama will be a babe in like 2-3 years. Her looks are trending upwards.
 
The key to these WFH discussions is autonomy. If an employee earns it, the system supports it, and quality work continues to churn then everyone is happy.
 
I think it'd be a really good idea to postpone the 2020 election.
 
Jesus fuck, did trump really say that we are "locked and loaded"? Time to pull out my handy guide book for when a nuke goes off in DC.
 
while the internet's absurdist humor has a feeling of inevitability about it, i don't really dig it
 
No matter how much I read about it, I cannot wrap my mind around cryptocurrencies.
 
Juice you aren't sympathetic to a nihilistic philosophy?
 
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