For those that believe that remote workers are running errands and doing laundry on "company time", most remote employees are salary. That means they are paid to do a job, regardless of the # of hours they work. Some might get all of their work done in 25 hours, and others might need to work 50+ hours. It is the job of their leader to evaluate their work and determine if they are doing the job that they were hired to do. They do not make OT, so if they actually do a load of laundry between meetings, they are not stealing company time. If they are in the office 40 hours/week it does not mean that they are completing more work.
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I'm salary, WFH, put in about 50-60 hours a week and it's still often not enough time. There are days in the week where I'm logged in at 7am and log off at 8 or 9pm, because the workload will be there no matter what I do, so I'd rather get it completed as soon as humanly possible. I have to draw the line somewhere and force some kind of work life balance. My inbox is exploding, I'm currently doing 2-3 employees jobs, who were impacted by the last VSP and never back filled, I have one major job that also fell by the wayside and we just simply had to abandon it. It's clear that the people who knock WFH have no understanding of salary work or the scope of the work most of us are doing lol, nobody is watching judge judy, or sc--wing around on work time, those people are long gone. Vague on purpose but you get the idea.
When I worked from the office the line between work and home was pretty clear. For the past years I’ve been remote, it’s a blury line - at best. I’ve not gotten an ounce of criticism for my activities I choose to do at night, or over the weekend, and also no issues with that mid day personal appointment, kids activities, that will happen here and there. It all washes out and those of us that work from home are the most likely to maintain some level of engagement to the business while “out of the office” anyway. If you know of know. And, depending your segment, “off hours” are oftentimes when you’ll be in transit or sitting in airports to and from out of town meetings. My segment is largely WFH and any night of the week green dots on slack is the norm.
Everyone’s story is unique from duties of your role to work life balance. And knowing my company trusts me to use my time effectively is what makes this such a great place to work.
@af if it takes you 6 hours to do your job … that’s just show that they can eliminate positions and make you more accountable with more work
@a6 These are all things that were previously in place before Covid.. they didn’t take pay cuts to move from office to home . Fact is they are less productive at home … the data doesn’t lie . There is also big pressures from cities that have lost tax base and businesses in the city that no longer have the workers ordering lunch or making purchases… parking fees etc. these things are playing into the landscape as well .
Do you play a little tune each time your superiors teach you a basic fact? Sounds mo--nic, but you do you.
@a7 it has always been an option. Which shows how much longer we have been here then you
Takes me about 6 hours a week to complete my job but that is because I know what I'm doing.
Other lamebrains take more than 40 and are sweating every moment.
Many remote workers were hired as remote prior to the pandemic. I have been remote for 16 years
@a6 in this economy it may be more of a struggle to be unemployed. Get to the office and work and consider yourself lucky to have a job. 7.5 million people are unemployed and ready and willing to take your job if you don’t want to RTO.
How did it all get done before the pandemic , when work from home wasn’t an option ? It is possible , if you are willing to change your habits .
Exactly, and in this economy, it can be a struggle for some to RTO. They may only have one family car due to working remote, so another car would need to be bought. People are very quick to make light of the remote workers for not wanting ro go to an office, but for many, it adds a financial strain. They now need to budget the cost of parking, gas, and even clothing or food. They may have to pay a daycare to keep their kids after school since they can no longer be home. It could cost some people a couple thousand more per month. But sure, let's criticize them for being concerned about it. After all, we are all getting huge raises right? I think not.
if you’re done in 25 hours, that just means the company’s overpaying for a half-time role. Great to know where the next round of “efficiency savings” might come from.
So when you report to the office, do you have to do your your boss's laundry too?
Louder for the people in the back.
For the violin comment. It did not appear that OP was complaining about anything. Why the violin?
Let me get out my violin