I've always said that if you think you need someone in the office so
you
can make sure they are working - then you hired the wrong person. Bad
employees will goof off whether they are in the office or at home.
And I
get a LOT more done from home than I ever do in the office because
there
are no distractions at home like at the office.
And the old "water cooler" argument about learning a lot from
discussions
in the office has a little merit, but not much. Most of the times
these
discussions quickly wonder off into personal discussions.
Todd Burrell | Sr. Mainframe Systems Administrator
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Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 9:44 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Looks like lots of folks in marketing said thanks but no
thanks
1. Purely imaginary. Besides being too random to be useful, those
"meetings" are about family, dogs, and favourite comedies. Business
interaction is often better facilitated with electronic communication
(see
your #3).
2. Purely imaginary. You cannot "see" much of anything. A manager's
job
is to get results, not to baby-sit (monitor) their team. If the
manager
hires people who need to be constantly supervised, well then, that's
on the
manager.
3. Agreed. Every office I've worked in was apparently designed to
prevent
me from concentrating on anything. I'm far, far more productive in my
quiet, distraction-free home office.
I also liked going to the office (mostly), and seeing everyone. But I
was
able to actually work maybe 50% of the time there.
sas
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 2:57 AM, Radoslaw Skorupka <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, it is not my company, so let's leave the decision to the
owners
> and managers they hired.
>
> However if it was my company I would demand to be present in the
office.
> Some well justified exceptions apply, but mostly temporarily, and
> everytime final decision would belong to managers, not employees.
>
> Reasons?
> 1. Meetings at the coffee point (and other places) is very big
> opportunity to exchange ideas, thoughts, opinions.
> 2. It is much easier to see and control how the emploee spends a
time
> - is he really busy as declared? No timesheet replace it.
> 3. Some people do work more effectively when they have no external
> "disturbants" (a dog, neighbour, postman, favourite comedy on
TV...)
>
> BTW: most of my co-workers claim they absolutely prefer to work in
the
> office, with the team.
> BTW2: multi-site office is still better than home working, We do
have
> good video-chat systems for in conference rooms, except personal
a/v
> equipment in every PC.
>
> My 0,02€
>
> --
> R.Skorupka
> Lodz, Poland
>
>
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