I worked from home for several months. I worked harder because I didn't want them to think I was slacking. In fact, I was flexible for my bosses because I wasn't sitting in traffic.
I've been remote since two weeks to slow the spread. My company say's they will never ask me to go into the office. And I still get my yearly raises and bonuses. And no, they don't monitor my computer usage. As long as I get done what I'm supposed to get done, they don't care how I do it or what else I do.
I’ve worked from home off and on for 30 years. The solution is to pay based on production. End the salary. When I work my behind off I get paid well, when I don’t work I don’t get paid. That’s the way it should be.
I know someone who WFH for a large health insurance company and he touts about his ability to nap whenever he likes and does editing work for a side gig, while getting paid 100k a year from this insurance company. People are definitely taking advantage
And, I work for a small company. My division works from home. This is the only way we can attract talent from across the country vs only in our local market.
@@holysmoke8439 really is specific to the individual if they stay productive working from home compared to being in the office. But let's be real, it's not like the office is a magical place where you all of a sudden become 100% productive lol studies have been done for office productivity and it's only like 2-3 hours of real work is done per day, so let's not kid ourselves here
My son started his first job in the gaming industry. He’s a 3D artist and his company doesn’t even have an office. My husband (retired) worked in an open office, and he would work from home once a week to get things done. Every 5 minutes somebody would walk up to him and engage in a conversation or need help, his opinion or whatever.
When I work remotely, I'm extremely productive. I can usually get the daily actions for my full-time job in Banking/IT done in roughly 4 hours or less per day. That leaves several hours for "personal projects". Its win-win. I accomplish everything that's expected of me from my W2 job and I also get to workout, do chores, run errands, complete renovation projects and grow my side businesses.
As someone who has worked remote for a while now, I can tell you that it is impossible to game the system. Because at the end of the day, what matters is the results you deliver. As opposed to the office, where you can show up and pretend to work. Impossible if you are remote. As for the tracking software, it is just an excuse for people to sell software, and for low-level managers to have a job. But it usually results in people updating their resumes.
Man, it’s great seeing that legendary area (Venice Beach) cleaned up!! That beach is known for its beauty and entertaining weirdos… not homeless encampments lining every other street corner. I live not too far away in DTLA and can honestly say we’ve seen great progress all over LA with the removal of encampments. We’re just hoping that it’s permanent and not solely happening for the upcoming 2024 Olympics held here.
I’ve been retired since 2018 and have seen how WFH has changed things since the pandemic. Now I see younger people in the park and out and about during the workweek. Maybe the work is getting done, but I do wonder sometimes.🤷♀️
Really depends on the person. I am a lot more productive working from home. The days I do go into the office, less work is done and I sit in traffic for a couple of hours.
From what I have seen, for every 1 so called productive persons that get more done at home, there are 10 that are complete ghosts and will show up on meetings or the bare minimum to not get fired
A lot of this "lack of productivity" stuff is perpetrated by the media. I think there's an agenda behind it. It also depends on the line of work you're in. I'm a software developer and I guarantee you I'm more productive working from home then when I'm in the office. I also work longer hours now because I'm not sitting in traffic
People were saying their companies told them they would be working from home permanently. I told them never trust what your employer promises. Well here we are lol
I was there in 2016 during July and there was a homeless person on every square inch of shade. Looks like they're cleaning up or better helping them out in some manner.
My company had a lot of remote/Hybrid workers even before covid. Our offices and territory is very spread out. They put a lot of money into creating a virtual friendly environment. We have regional offices and go there once a quarter for a two day meeting, the rest of out monthly meetings are virtual. It' works with the type of work we do, which is client based. Im very productive. I also have flexibility and as long as get my work done, I can take off without asking for stuff I need to do. I love it.
Agree. We do contract work in tech. And except for annual meetings it is remote. I can't every imagine commuting to a real office again or for a big company. My commute to my office is 40 feet, and my wife's to her office is 20 feet.
@JBoy340a Most meetings are useless and destroy productivity. They only exist because someone has the word manager in their title. They are one of the biggest reasons I can't stand corporate America. I'd prefer doing just about anything to avoid yet another boring completely unnecessary meeting. Geesh, I can't wait to retire! 😶
I think if you have a strong work ethic in the office you have a strong work ethic outside, i.e. WFH, and vice versa. A lot of office environments are toxic - too much micromanagement, too much gossip. That's a real productivity killer. For parents who don't have the child care concerns, working from home reduces absenteeism. In my opinion, if a job can be done from home, it should be. Nobody likes to be micromanaged, and adults should be able to understand what the key performance indicators are regardless of where their desk is, and continue to meet them.
@stevemorlock5366 Oh boy are YOU right! My friend in NJ is now hybrid 2 weeks per month, and last week a memo went out telling everyone they had to "back in" to the parking spaces! The Meow Mix patrol catting around the cubicles again, and nuking the "ethnic" food that makes the break room hurl-worthy! More productive my back-in-side!!
Jesus. I am sick of hearing about working remote. Yes, I am sure low skill workers are less productive. I am in tech, senior lead. I am held to goals and outcomes. My productivity is up and my stress is way down!
So jealous of all you remote work folks. I work in home health visiting patients under the hot FL sun and spending $$ on gas and car maintanence bills. To make it worse-many patients dont use'AC now cause costs more. No professional in homecare takes any lunch or other breaks. The patients are mostly nice and I enjoy helping people.
Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho is threatening to sue and even criminally charge city officials if they don’t start enforcing laws and getting a grip on the homelessness plaguing the city. I hope this sets a precedent in California. I back this approach 100%. Millions and millions spent and homelessness is worse than ever.
A game of tug of war. In comparison, a federal judge in April refused to lift an injunction that forbids city officials (cops, public works, etc) in SF from removing homeless encampments. Politics can be very local. In the case of SF, local politics are ruining that city. When Michael travels there, it will be interesting what he observes
It is a losing proposition to criminalize poverty. It has to be addressed in other ways, and there's plenty of data to support the things that work. It is important to remember that poverty is a policy choice, and the country. We can either attack the issue or continue to allow it to fester, poverty is not the lack of affordable housing but a contributing factor. We have to create more affordable housing period. We will have every city that someone calls home with people living on the streets if we continue to ignore the fact that there's just not enough units to live in. Period
It's amazing how many billions have been spent on CALI's homeless problem. If I were a taxpayer there, I'd be soooo angry with the politicians. I have to wonder if the Democrat politicians are getting worried about 2024, and are only cleaning up temporarily.
@@gaylemartin7401 It's not necessarily about poverty per se, as much as it's about people making choices in life that affect the community they're a part of. It's like a person choosing to drink a lot & his/her being drunk impacting the spouse, the children, the people next door always hearing yelling & ranting during the neighbor's benders
I love being able to WFH, I dont have to wake up early and dont have to commute. My job hasnt suffered one bit. My company also went from 10 floors in our own building to 3 floors in another building so they are saving on office space. MY company went hybrid when more people disagreed with being forced back. I know I told them I didnt see any upside to coming back to the office
I work remote and grind my tail off 12 hours a day if I was in a office I would work only the 8 take my hour lunch break I understand every one isn’t wired the same to get the work done
It does. Always has. Apps like Slack offer enhanced monitoring. Before the pandemic people have gotten fired with HR supporting the termination with communication records pulled from work equipment.
I work in the Disaster Preparedness sector and my 2 year WFH utopia ended in June. I'm miserable. Everything I disliked about the office environment remains and has quite possibly worsen due to people having lost what few social skills they ever held (my opinion). I hate it and I've decided not to live my life hating my work environment so I'm veering to another career. It's *me* over them (corporate) from now on.
As an ex-Amazonian, I should contact my ex-workers to see how things are. I left Amazon in Sunnyvale, CA last year and moved to Florida for my new adventure.
@@michellebatzel5809 Voted for Trump in 2020 and recalled Gavin Newsom in 2021. Since both votes failed, quitted tech career (29 years) in Bay Area, NorCal and moved to Florida. Btw, voted for all Red policies and Ron Desantis in 2022. I could be part of the great migration to Florida to make the state Red. Next adventure would be Puerto Rico for Act 60. "Go where you're treated best", quoted from Nomad Capitalist.
Working remotely from home. I pay my gas bill every month over the phone. So I called the number on my bill. Obviously everybody is working remotely. The phone rings and rings and finally a child picks up the phone. The child yells " she's very very busy and can't help you right now!" LoL the phone was hung up. I called back and got the automated section to pay the bill.
One thing California will not stop is the Tax Revenue from the homeless side hustle, cottage industry. It's a Cash Cow. Here in California, we never miss a chance to add a new voter initiative Tax Hike.😮
Before work from home was a thing, several studies show most workers only do 2.5 to 4 hours of work in an 8-hour work day. Working from home probably doesn't change this much.
That's because the 8 hour workday is a joke. Most office 🏬 jobs simply don't have enough things for people to do. Most of the time you are sitting around waiting ✋🏻 on something and goodness forbid 🚫 getting sucked into yet another pointless meeting. It all comes down to antiquated traditions that take generations to break. Many jobs are bullshit but exist because an excuse is needed to pay people for something. Even if that something is showing up to do nothing. 😶
But you can do far better stuff while not working at home compared to just twiddling your thumbs in the office. Pilot programs on 25 or 32 hour work weeks similarly show minimal losses in productivity for workers who aren't on like an assembly line where time directly equates to output.
Honestly I can believe it, I worked in office exclusively before and there was always some irritating coworker I didn't want to deal with that was DETERMINED to monopolize my time with frivilous irritating chatter. And I always obliged because I'm not a jerk and was always respectful and kind but I seriously was so annoyed. LET ME WORK! LET ME WORK IN PEACE!
As a remote worker for past 7yrs, that’s mostly BS. Not being in office = less distractions = more productivity. Also, no one mentions you basically don’t call in sick when working from home, so that’s at least 1-2 weeks of productivity baked in for the employers benefit. IMO it’s just about their sunk building costs and control. Not productivity.
You are likely correct. The timing is pretty coincidental with the values of these office buildings dropping and needing to have all these employees come back at the same time.
@@ericvondielingen5972 I disagree. If you’re a programmer, or any type of work that takes awhile to get locked into it, the minute there’s a distraction (someone stops by your desk (“drive bys”, etc) you lose your spot and have to ramp back up. This is just one example.
@@bradj229can confirm, the gossip that goes on in the office wastes so much time and I don't even want to hear it. Plus at the office I'm always looking at the clock, but at home I'm always surprised to see 2-3 hours fly by uninterrupted.
I agree, I was WFH for years. Now, with the current situation, there's going to be lots of data that definitively proves that people are doing their jobs. Actually data shows that most people want to work, to do their jobs to the best of their ability. It also shows reality, some days are more productive than other but WFH is viable, better for the environment and better for individuals.
My employer has embraced remote work to the point that it is about to give up its lease at the Albuquerque office. I am paid about 15-20 percent less for my line of work. But I remember the commutes from hell. I will remote long as I can and beat the clock t minus 51. Not sure how I am monitored since I have a consultant laptop and a client laptop. I’m honest with my hours but sometimes the client communication is not effective as I like. But I do like this arrangement so much better than pre pandemic.
I was working 3 days a week in the office since 2018, then went full remote since 2020. We have not gone back to the office since it resumed. My co-workers are spread all across the country so going back to the office is meaningless since there will be very few people to start with. But I don't think any job is safe in this economy and am watching my expenses and passively looking for another job.
As a work at home both in the late 90’s- which was cutting edge during that time, and for the past several years, the expectations are much higher than earlier on. I would love 35 hrs vs 40. It is no joke to work from home
They all need to go back to work. These remote workers I have had to deal with are terrible. They don’t care, don’t know, don’t do their job. No accountability.
Excellent job Michael, I am in awe that you can walk through that beautifully distracting place and still concentrate on what you are eloquently saying to us. NBC news may just come calling. You & Lizzie make a super team.
We will all be remote workers someday. Almost all. The companies will hire groups of people to be "watchers" and they will watch you work and track all kinds of data about you and your work and you will get a grade, that grade will determine your pay for that week. Every quarter your grades will be averaged. That average will determine your employment status. Welcome to the future!
14:54 - Hilarious part where the woman in the black clothes is so far deep in the trash can that her legs are twirling in the air. That is definitely California!
I saw her approach the trash can at 14:45 and knew she was going to do something. She could of been one of your intermission shots... :) @@MichaelBordenaro
People don't want to work anymore. This is going to be fun to watch how that works out for them. I have young neighbors, two different houses, they don't work or barely work. They are in their 30's. I'm sure they are now living on credit cards. That's our country now. They are doomed when the money runs out.
You forgot to mention when they started working remotely the local eateries took a enormous hit because they didn't go out to eat for their lunch or after work
While a little sad, if our city design wasn't so awful this wouldn't be a problem. In ye olde days before cars destroyed our cities and mixed use development was the norm, all those businesses would continue to prosper just fine from all the people living there instead of being a corporate wasteland that sits empty 12 hours a day. If anything, it should be a wakeup call that mixed use, walkable neighborhoods are good and long commutes from distant suburbs a wasteful nightmare.
I wish I could be involved in one of these studies. They would find out that when I work from home I do the absolute minimum amount of work possible. When I'm in the office I attempt to do the least amount of work possible. They underestimate my ability to be active and not accomplish anything!
The actual conspiracy is who or what told all companies to have their employees come back at the same time. I worked at a place in person years before the pandemic, they key logged every keyboard stroke.
@@RealPolitik-dy4it not everyone is created equal. Some people fade into the background when wfh. Most companies are giving 2 days a week wfh, that's still better than pre-pandemic. And with two parent households that can create a good balance. People need to get a grip and stop making everything oppressive. We chose to take their money.
People just dont work when there is a tv, cat, husband, screaming brats. It was a disaster. The ones that want to work at home were the ones abusing it. One or two days a week is fine for work from home.
Yes. The implicit assumption with letting anyone work from home is they have a place where they can work uninterrupted by family issues or other non-work-related distractions. No running out to pick up kids/spouse, helping with homework, etc.
If these CEO’s and such see the statistics and cost, but want you back in the office….there has to be a reason. Productivity is lower for WFH. It out ways the cost to get you back in. Cause if it cost less and productivity was high, they would keep WFH. I know a lot of ppl that work from home and even tell me they barely work. Most ppl can’t differentiate home and work when it’s a WFH. do I believe some actually do their job WFH…yes. But definitely not all. Unfortunately if ppl can scam…they will. A company probably sees that their money is being used properly if you’re at work and available than to be home and don’t know what you’re doing all day as your “clocked in”. If your job tells you to go in.. you either go in or be prepared to be fired. It’s that simple.
Michael Shellenberger opines that 'homeless' is just cleaned up way of saying drug addicted. mental health problems and resulting poverty. Housing will not solve the problem.
They started to clean up Venice Beach right before the Super Bowl in 2022 . A park (further away from the beach) is where all the homeless are located now.
Working from home is great sometimes and sometimes there are distractions. But the office can be really distracting as well! Since the offices have been emptied out, going into work is more productive for the ones that go in.
swim works in IT and they have some companies that request secret installation of performance monitoring software of some people they suspect of time theft or divulging trade secrets. also some people do work better remote without the distractions but usually there is always someone who ruins it for everyone.
Don’t know any data entry people that works in the office. The jobs that are being required to be returned to work are usually people who collaborate and need interactions so that they can cut down the number of meetings. The jobs here in NYC are requiring people to return to office and are getting people to come in at 80% now. That’s really good…
Most of those beach homeless now set up there tents under the 405 overpass. Like on Venice Blvd and Washington Blvd ……right under the highway. There have been some massive fires in those spots.
Have been a remote worker since 2003, I have no colleagues in my country but we do have offices with hot desks. Not completely aware of what monitoring they are doing but frankly don’t care. I deliver, I work into the night when we have deadlines. Some of the others I know are being told to go into the office at least 2 days - to places where they have no other people in their department and are forced to hot desk so don’t even have a properly set up desk. Whatever happened to office ergonomics and setting up each station for an individual so they had the right equipment? I’d happily pop in a couple days a week if I had my three monitors, my chair and a set desk to use instead of fighting to book a random space and spend hours connecting everything.
For someone who works for a large govt dept. 7000+ WFH has improved productivity, reduced sick leave, and increased morale. The argument that people work better in the office is simply not true. If you're lazy (and not being managed), then it's not going to make much difference WFH or in the office. One of the buildings (44 storeys) we were in was $20 Mil a year to rent. We were able to reduce our accommodation footprint enornously. WFH is here to stay and has changed the work landscape forever.
I remember when I used to work in office and the lazy people who always had senior titles would take several smoke breaks a day and gossip with others outside the building. They hitched their “professional” wagons to the right stars, and never got laid off. Lazy people don’t need a WFH environment to do nothing. They are happy to go to the office and walk around and chat while others carry their workload. I’m so glad I don’t have to see those do-nothings anymore. ✨
I work from home 🏡 great ...no politics judgement Traffic, upkeep of car, distraction no discrimination. Owner who ask you to come in are already in building or control freck...
For jobs that can be done at home or even sitting on Venice Beach, a park, a viewpoint, etc. it would be great to see them split their time 50/50 home/office just to see how each person does. Some people might be more productive sitting on the beach doing their work while others won't be.
That’s a good point it should actually come down to the individual. But maybe it would be too time and resource intensive to track each persons productivity in and out of the office.
@@AFuller2020 Of course not but happy employees equals better productivity. Only some jobs can be worked remotely. Most need the person to be there in person.
My neighbor does actuarial work for a fortune 500 co. He's a big believer in work from home, and he lives less than 3 miles the job. He's disciplined and gets good reviews for productivity and work. Still they are asking him to come in a few times a week now. I think work from home is great and should be allowed for people like this person.
@MichaelBordenaro thanks for sharing some interesting news facts on remote working. You have done good research. Real estate + Remote Working are the 2 topics that go together.
Where I work, we’re allowed one day of WFH/week. It was supposed to be on specific days of the week, but our manager is such a poor communicator, it’s turned into a mess. Like you don’t know why you’re stuck with certain days. Then you have people who have the OK to come into the office, by 10 and go home to work, by noon, with their counterpart never receiving an answer, as to why they have to be there all week. I’d like to WFH full time. I’m an introvert and I don’t need constant interaction. I know that what I need isn’t what the office is about though. But what they have are still people who may come in, but they eventually find the door. They may come in, leave early or find some reason not to be there. But the way management handles things, they build resentment, by keeping it weird and often have themselves to blame.
A lot of the issues we’re seeing is that a lot of the bigger companies need to justify the footprint and tax write offs. Also we have issues with middle management trying to justify their existence. A lot of smaller companies are nimbler.
I got a few friends that work remote, they definitely getting paid to do stuff other than work, I'd imagine that's how it is for at least 50% of remote workers, good for the remote worker not so good for business owner
Honesty and hard work are always a good thing. Happy to see you enjoying California 😊. You and Lizzy make a great couple ❤🎉. When will you be going home? What a great vacation 😊. Blessings, Carlos ✝️🙏😊❤️
I’m thinking people like wfh because they can get some work done. If they were “playing” they would have already been let go. Nothing to do with covid. At home, no pointless meetings, no gossip-y co-workers, no interruptions, no having to figure out lunch or be pressured by lazy co-workers to go out to eat lunch everyday wasting money and time, no boss hovering over people to prove his job should exist, no cold office or hot office, no travel during bad weather, etc etc etc. I guess, really, wfh is for adults.
work for yourself - be your own "boss" parents can stay home and raise their own children instead of dumping them in an indoctrination camp full of vaccines or day care -
They rotate the homeless. They’re probably up on North or S. Venice Blvd. In fact, I know N. Venice Blvd. is completely overwhelmed. The boardwalk could be clear one day, and then it gets bad again. They’re still down there on the other side as well. Dennis did not get rid of them. They just shuffle in the round.
I couldn’t find any homeless tents, while I was here while I was here. I drove around and looked for them too. I have a neighborhood walk video coming out tomorrow in Venice. All I saw was a few RVs.
That means you don’t produce anything…. Car mechanics are getting 6 figures…. A diesel mechanic make. Even more. Construction work 6 figures…. You click buttons…. 30 k job no matter what your degree is…
They just did another sweep like last week. German in Venice is fun to watch and so bright and cheery. Working from home is liviing in your office. Hybrid would be OK but 2-3 days a week in the office is enough to maintain contact with co-workers. I round table about two files per day with the boss, and actually put documents in front of both of us and solve problems that straddle competing rules. Zooming sux because there's always something that needs sharing that did not get shared. In person one can just pass around the copy and bang, you're brain-storming.
I work for a government agency that allows hybrid work and I can say I definitely get more work done at home and have way less distractions. I also have a job that would be extremely obvious if I wasn’t working to the point my boss doesn’t need to key log or use my camera either. My work product has to be turned in routinely and timely and it would be super obvious if I was missing deadlines:
Also work at govt agency in a hybrid setting, it's pretty nice. I'm new so I'm benefiting from side convos where I'm learning things that I otherwise wouldn't have even thought to ask. IMO it's the best compromise for me and my position.
I work for a local government and we are still hybrid. Whether I’m in the office or at home doesn’t change my productivity since everything I do is done on the computer.
The physical presence of fellow employee peer pressure is likely motivationally useful with certain types of work, less so with others. As an over-the-road truck driver, I am self-motivating, but also the work is not paid by the hour but by the mile and whether or not I successfully make loading and delivery appointments.
@14:46 a person is about to go head first into a trash can. @14:54 through 20:24 they are fully committed. As for the woman who was gaming the system, do you really think she wasn't doing the same when she was in the office? There are plenty of ways to waste time in the office.
I still work from home and love it. I am way more efficient. No travel/traffic allows me to get more done in less time and I get to spend more time with my family. People who are against it are either jealous or micro managers. The key is to have the same desk set up at home
@@thirdeye5718 not really, my work is very specialized. It would still be work from home anyway so that doesn't help. I'm thinking of getting back into working on cars, since people wont be buying new ones as the economy collapses.
I just saw a local article that the old newspaper building here in my small midwest college town is getting bulldozed and turned into luxury apartments. Out with the old and in with the new. Seems like the apartment building boom continues at least in this area.
It’s tough, personally full time remote is hard…you do get naturally a little lazy. Companies should get some tax incentives to keep work from home, reduce congestion, and the burning of fossil fuels. I personally like going into work, but flexibility is beneficial. As a data engineer, I don’t need to be anywhere, but it does help to be in office.
![[LIVE] MCHOICE & MINT AWARDS 2024 at TRUE ICON HALL, ICONSIAM](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/wMewUeT5nbY/mqdefault.jpg)
![Megan Thee Stallion - Neva Play (feat. RM) [Official Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TpYTyAaTRts/mqdefault.jpg)
I worked from home for several months. I worked harder because I didn't want them to think I was slacking. In fact, I was flexible for my bosses because I wasn't sitting in traffic.
So how did your bosses view your efforts?
@@anyone150 They didn't say anything. They were just happy I was working. I was happy I was working. It was a win/win.
I've been remote since two weeks to slow the spread. My company say's they will never ask me to go into the office. And I still get my yearly raises and bonuses. And no, they don't monitor my computer usage. As long as I get done what I'm supposed to get done, they don't care how I do it or what else I do.
I’ve worked from home off and on for 30 years. The solution is to pay based on production. End the salary. When I work my behind off I get paid well, when I don’t work I don’t get paid. That’s the way it should be.
💯 . Same here. I worked remote before it became a thing also. I was paid on commission. No work, no pay. It worked very well for both sides.
~ 🦋
I know someone who WFH for a large health insurance company and he touts about his ability to nap whenever he likes and does editing work for a side gig, while getting paid 100k a year from this insurance company. People are definitely taking advantage
And, I work for a small company. My division works from home. This is the only way we can attract talent from across the country vs only in our local market.
I'm sure u guys work hard.. 😂
@@holysmoke8439 really is specific to the individual if they stay productive working from home compared to being in the office. But let's be real, it's not like the office is a magical place where you all of a sudden become 100% productive lol studies have been done for office productivity and it's only like 2-3 hours of real work is done per day, so let's not kid ourselves here
My son started his first job in the gaming industry. He’s a 3D artist and his company doesn’t even have an office. My husband (retired) worked in an open office, and he would work from home once a week to get things done. Every 5 minutes somebody would walk up to him and engage in a conversation or need help, his opinion or whatever.
When I work remotely, I'm extremely productive. I can usually get the daily actions for my full-time job in Banking/IT done in roughly 4 hours or less per day. That leaves several hours for "personal projects".
Its win-win. I accomplish everything that's expected of me from my W2 job and I also get to workout, do chores, run errands, complete renovation projects and grow my side businesses.
I own and reside in a house near a city. When this telework gets cancelled for everyone. Home prices near the city will sky rocket again.
I always keep my webcam covered when I am working from home
Smart but might still be able to hear
If the company provided the computer, they may have software on it to activate it remotely.
As someone who has worked remote for a while now, I can tell you that it is impossible to game the system. Because at the end of the day, what matters is the results you deliver. As opposed to the office, where you can show up and pretend to work. Impossible if you are remote. As for the tracking software, it is just an excuse for people to sell software, and for low-level managers to have a job. But it usually results in people updating their resumes.
Man, it’s great seeing that legendary area (Venice Beach) cleaned up!! That beach is known for its beauty and entertaining weirdos… not homeless encampments lining every other street corner. I live not too far away in DTLA and can honestly say we’ve seen great progress all over LA with the removal of encampments. We’re just hoping that it’s permanent and not solely happening for the upcoming 2024 Olympics held here.
encampment was moved to Chinatown
Newsome wants to run for president. He cares about this encampment temporarily only, just like Nancy Polosi!
I’ve been retired since 2018 and have seen how WFH has changed things since the pandemic. Now I see younger people in the park and out and about during the workweek. Maybe the work is getting done, but I do wonder sometimes.🤷♀️
Really depends on the person. I am a lot more productive working from home. The days I do go into the office, less work is done and I sit in traffic for a couple of hours.
From what I have seen, for every 1 so called productive persons that get more done at home, there are 10 that are complete ghosts and will show up on meetings or the bare minimum to not get fired
same for me.
Yep the traffic, the getting groomed for work, having to then either bring a lunch or go out for lunch, etc.
Amazing! All the WFH folks say the same thing, guess what? they monitor what you are doing, they know.
A lot of this "lack of productivity" stuff is perpetrated by the media. I think there's an agenda behind it. It also depends on the line of work you're in. I'm a software developer and I guarantee you I'm more productive working from home then when I'm in the office. I also work longer hours now because I'm not sitting in traffic
People were saying their companies told them they would be working from home permanently. I told them never trust what your employer promises. Well here we are lol
Hey Miami Vice, I get more work done on my TW days than I do in the office because I don’t have 500 non work related interruptions.
I was there in 2016 during July and there was a homeless person on every square inch of shade. Looks like they're cleaning up or better helping them out in some manner.
People who game
The system remotely also will game the system in the office.
No doubt
My company had a lot of remote/Hybrid workers even before covid. Our offices and territory is very spread out. They put a lot of money into creating a virtual friendly environment. We have regional offices and go there once a quarter for a two day meeting, the rest of out monthly meetings are virtual. It' works with the type of work we do, which is client based. Im very productive. I also have flexibility and as long as get my work done, I can take off without asking for stuff I need to do. I love it.
That’s awesome!
Agree. We do contract work in tech. And except for annual meetings it is remote. I can't every imagine commuting to a real office again or for a big company. My commute to my office is 40 feet, and my wife's to her office is 20 feet.
@JBoy340a
Most meetings are useless and destroy productivity.
They only exist because someone has the word manager in their title.
They are one of the biggest reasons I can't stand corporate America.
I'd prefer doing just about anything to avoid yet another boring completely unnecessary meeting.
Geesh, I can't wait to retire! 😶
I think if you have a strong work ethic in the office you have a strong work ethic outside, i.e. WFH, and vice versa. A lot of office environments are toxic - too much micromanagement, too much gossip. That's a real productivity killer. For parents who don't have the child care concerns, working from home reduces absenteeism.
In my opinion, if a job can be done from home, it should be. Nobody likes to be micromanaged, and adults should be able to understand what the key performance indicators are regardless of where their desk is, and continue to meet them.
@stevemorlock5366 Oh boy are YOU right! My friend in NJ is now hybrid 2 weeks per month, and last week a memo went out telling everyone they had to "back in" to the parking spaces! The Meow Mix patrol catting around the cubicles again, and nuking the "ethnic" food that makes the break room hurl-worthy!
More productive my back-in-side!!
Exactly. Some of these companies are simply control freaks who need to be daddy to employees lol
That all depends on the individual. For some, that is a very true statement. For others, not so much.
Judge Smails would agree with you.@RT-hi9sr
I think if they stink at the office, they probably stink working from home. No difference.
Jesus. I am sick of hearing about working remote. Yes, I am sure low skill workers are less productive. I am in tech, senior lead. I am held to goals and outcomes. My productivity is up and my stress is way down!
That’s good for you! Not so good for people who are being forced to come back against their will
Screw working from home’😊
When are you coming to LONG ISlAND NY?👻
Amazon needs the TEAMSTER Union to clean up the mess of management who are acting like NAZIS or bullies taking advantage of people!🍀
A lot of empty office space and new apartments condos commercial spaces in Greater Boston! What a joke!🇺🇸
So jealous of all you remote work folks. I work in home health visiting patients under the hot FL sun and spending $$ on gas and car maintanence bills. To make it worse-many patients dont use'AC now cause costs more. No professional in homecare takes any lunch or other breaks. The patients are mostly nice and I enjoy helping people.
Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho is threatening to sue and even criminally charge city officials if they don’t start enforcing laws and getting a grip on the homelessness plaguing the city. I hope this sets a precedent in California. I back this approach 100%. Millions and millions spent and homelessness is worse than ever.
😂😂😂😂😂
A game of tug of war. In comparison, a federal judge in April refused to lift an injunction that forbids city officials (cops, public works, etc) in SF from removing homeless encampments. Politics can be very local. In the case of SF, local politics are ruining that city. When Michael travels there, it will be interesting what he observes
It is a losing proposition to criminalize poverty. It has to be addressed in other ways, and there's plenty of data to support the things that work. It is important to remember that poverty is a policy choice, and the country. We can either attack the issue or continue to allow it to fester, poverty is not the lack of affordable housing but a contributing factor. We have to create more affordable housing period. We will have every city that someone calls home with people living on the streets if we continue to ignore the fact that there's just not enough units to live in. Period
It's amazing how many billions have been spent on CALI's homeless problem. If I were a taxpayer there, I'd be soooo angry with the politicians. I have to wonder if the Democrat politicians are getting worried about 2024, and are only cleaning up temporarily.
@@gaylemartin7401 It's not necessarily about poverty per se, as much as it's about people making choices in life that affect the community they're a part of. It's like a person choosing to drink a lot & his/her being drunk impacting the spouse, the children, the people next door always hearing yelling & ranting during the neighbor's benders
Yeah..the healthcare company I work for is downsizing their office space and asking to work from home.
I love being able to WFH, I dont have to wake up early and dont have to commute. My job hasnt suffered one bit. My company also went from 10 floors in our own building to 3 floors in another building so they are saving on office space. MY company went hybrid when more people disagreed with being forced back. I know I told them I didnt see any upside to coming back to the office
I work remote and grind my tail off 12 hours a day if I was in a office I would work only the 8 take my hour lunch break I understand every one isn’t wired the same to get the work done
We all know the monitoring software will occur in-office too.
It does. Always has. Apps like Slack offer enhanced monitoring. Before the pandemic people have gotten fired with HR supporting the termination with communication records pulled from work equipment.
I work in the Disaster Preparedness sector and my 2 year WFH utopia ended in June. I'm miserable. Everything I disliked about the office environment remains and has quite possibly worsen due to people having lost what few social skills they ever held (my opinion). I hate it and I've decided not to live my life hating my work environment so I'm veering to another career. It's *me* over them (corporate) from now on.
Then apply for another WFH gig, since it’s so much more productive should have plenty of offers.
So good to see Venice cleaned up 👏🙏
As an ex-Amazonian, I should contact my ex-workers to see how things are. I left Amazon in Sunnyvale, CA last year and moved to Florida for my new adventure.
Good lord! We hope you didn’t bring your BS with you.
@@michellebatzel5809 Voted for Trump in 2020 and recalled Gavin Newsom in 2021. Since both votes failed, quitted tech career (29 years) in Bay Area, NorCal and moved to Florida. Btw, voted for all Red policies and Ron Desantis in 2022. I could be part of the great migration to Florida to make the state Red. Next adventure would be Puerto Rico for Act 60. "Go where you're treated best", quoted from Nomad Capitalist.
Michael is crushing public filming. So many looks haha. 👀 Keep it up! We love you guys!!
Thank you!!
It’s Cali people are weirdos of course he got looks.
Working remotely from home. I pay my gas bill every month over the phone. So I called the number on my bill. Obviously everybody is working remotely. The phone rings and rings and finally a child picks up the phone. The child yells " she's very very busy and can't help you right now!" LoL the phone was hung up. I called back and got the automated section to pay the bill.
One thing California will not stop is the Tax Revenue from the homeless side hustle, cottage industry.
It's a Cash Cow.
Here in California, we never miss a chance to add a new voter initiative Tax Hike.😮
Before work from home was a thing, several studies show most workers only do 2.5 to 4 hours of work in an 8-hour work day. Working from home probably doesn't change this much.
WFH has existed for many years, since long before laptops. We did our work with pen and paper.
That's because the 8 hour workday is a joke. Most office 🏬 jobs simply don't have enough things for people to do. Most of the time you are sitting around waiting ✋🏻 on something and goodness forbid 🚫 getting sucked into yet another pointless meeting.
It all comes down to antiquated traditions that take generations to break.
Many jobs are bullshit but exist because an excuse is needed to pay people for something. Even if that something is showing up to do nothing. 😶
But you can do far better stuff while not working at home compared to just twiddling your thumbs in the office.
Pilot programs on 25 or 32 hour work weeks similarly show minimal losses in productivity for workers who aren't on like an assembly line where time directly equates to output.
Honestly I can believe it, I worked in office exclusively before and there was always some irritating coworker I didn't want to deal with that was DETERMINED to monopolize my time with frivilous irritating chatter. And I always obliged because I'm not a jerk and was always respectful and kind but I seriously was so annoyed. LET ME WORK! LET ME WORK IN PEACE!
Oh the laptop class won’t like this answer.
Nice to see things cleaned up in Venice.
I agree I was pretty impressed actually
As a remote worker for past 7yrs, that’s mostly BS. Not being in office = less distractions = more productivity. Also, no one mentions you basically don’t call in sick when working from home, so that’s at least 1-2 weeks of productivity baked in for the employers benefit. IMO it’s just about their sunk building costs and control. Not productivity.
You are likely correct. The timing is pretty coincidental with the values of these office buildings dropping and needing to have all these employees come back at the same time.
@@ericvondielingen5972 I disagree. If you’re a programmer, or any type of work that takes awhile to get locked into it, the minute there’s a distraction (someone stops by your desk (“drive bys”, etc) you lose your spot and have to ramp back up. This is just one example.
@@bradj229can confirm, the gossip that goes on in the office wastes so much time and I don't even want to hear it. Plus at the office I'm always looking at the clock, but at home I'm always surprised to see 2-3 hours fly by uninterrupted.
I agree, I was WFH for years. Now, with the current situation, there's going to be lots of data that definitively proves that people are doing their jobs. Actually data shows that most people want to work, to do their jobs to the best of their ability. It also shows reality, some days are more productive than other but WFH is viable, better for the environment and better for individuals.
@@MichaelBordenaroBut how is having people back in the office going to help the Company Pay their rent or loans?
My employer has embraced remote work to the point that it is about to give up its lease at the Albuquerque office. I am paid about 15-20 percent less for my line of work. But I remember the commutes from hell. I will remote long as I can and beat the clock t minus 51. Not sure how I am monitored since I have a consultant laptop and a client laptop. I’m honest with my hours but sometimes the client communication is not effective as I like. But I do like this arrangement so much better than pre pandemic.
Glad to hear it’s working out well for you
I was working 3 days a week in the office since 2018, then went full remote since 2020. We have not gone back to the office since it resumed. My co-workers are spread all across the country so going back to the office is meaningless since there will be very few people to start with. But I don't think any job is safe in this economy and am watching my expenses and passively looking for another job.
I didn't/don't like working from home. I like getting out of the house and leaving it at the office. My commute is not bad though.
nobody want to work anymore, and if they have to work they want a remote job from home. Crazy times rn we are living, nothing makes sense anymore
As a work at home both in the late 90’s- which was cutting edge during that time, and for the past several years, the expectations are much higher than earlier on. I would love 35 hrs vs 40. It is no joke to work from home
They all need to go back to work. These remote workers I have had to deal with are terrible. They don’t care, don’t know, don’t do their job. No accountability.
Excellent job Michael, I am in awe that you can walk through that beautifully distracting place and still concentrate on what you are eloquently saying to us. NBC news may just come calling. You & Lizzie make a super team.
Lizzie seems to be getting a lot of attention in California!!!
We will all be remote workers someday. Almost all. The companies will hire groups of people to be "watchers" and they will watch you work and track all kinds of data about you and your work and you will get a grade, that grade will determine your pay for that week. Every quarter your grades will be averaged. That average will determine your employment status. Welcome to the future!
14:54 - Hilarious part where the woman in the black clothes is so far deep in the trash can that her legs are twirling in the air. That is definitely California!
Ha ha that is too funny I didn’t even catch that when I was editing the video !
I saw her approach the trash can at 14:45 and knew she was going to do something. She could of been one of your intermission shots... :) @@MichaelBordenaro
People don't want to work anymore. This is going to be fun to watch how that works out for them. I have young neighbors, two different houses, they don't work or barely work. They are in their 30's. I'm sure they are now living on credit cards. That's our country now. They are doomed when the money runs out.
You forgot to mention when they started working remotely the local eateries took a enormous hit because they didn't go out to eat for their lunch or after work
While a little sad, if our city design wasn't so awful this wouldn't be a problem. In ye olde days before cars destroyed our cities and mixed use development was the norm, all those businesses would continue to prosper just fine from all the people living there instead of being a corporate wasteland that sits empty 12 hours a day. If anything, it should be a wakeup call that mixed use, walkable neighborhoods are good and long commutes from distant suburbs a wasteful nightmare.
Don’t know of anyone who eats fast food. Either bring their lunch or don’t eat. Can’t afford it.
Remote work ending is a great tool to get rid of some employees.
I wish I could be involved in one of these studies. They would find out that when I work from home I do the absolute minimum amount of work possible. When I'm in the office I attempt to do the least amount of work possible. They underestimate my ability to be active and not accomplish anything!
I always say... don't confuse activity with accomplishment.
They pretend to pay me decently and I pretend to work hard.
Michael & Lizzy 🏖️🌷
Great tour of Venice Beach!☀️🌸
Thanks for watching Patricia!☀️🙏🪻💜
The actual conspiracy is who or what told all companies to have their employees come back at the same time. I worked at a place in person years before the pandemic, they key logged every keyboard stroke.
I'm for it. Our projects are lagging and the in-person collaboration is needed
It’s probably bad management, and not the lack of in-person collaboration.
@@RealPolitik-dy4it bad management or not enough micro-management?
@@tourneytike13 Bad management, in terms of planning. Micromanagement never works, and is itself a sign of bad management.
@@RealPolitik-dy4it not everyone is created equal. Some people fade into the background when wfh. Most companies are giving 2 days a week wfh, that's still better than pre-pandemic. And with two parent households that can create a good balance. People need to get a grip and stop making everything oppressive. We chose to take their money.
Wow did you see that dumpster dive at 15Min!THAT WAS NEXT LEVEL!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's not a trash can, that's a gateway to another portal.
@@myothercarisadelorean8957 Seemed like it man that was epic! LIke WTF!
@@stevesilver1241 regular day in LA!
@@myothercarisadelorean8957 she thought it was the delorean???
People just dont work when there is a tv, cat, husband, screaming brats. It was a disaster. The ones that want to work at home were the ones abusing it. One or two days a week is fine for work from home.
Yes. The implicit assumption with letting anyone work from home is they have a place where they can work uninterrupted by family issues or other non-work-related distractions. No running out to pick up kids/spouse, helping with homework, etc.
If these CEO’s and such see the statistics and cost, but want you back in the office….there has to be a reason. Productivity is lower for WFH. It out ways the cost to get you back in. Cause if it cost less and productivity was high, they would keep WFH. I know a lot of ppl that work from home and even tell me they barely work. Most ppl can’t differentiate home and work when it’s a WFH. do I believe some actually do their job WFH…yes. But definitely not all.
Unfortunately if ppl can scam…they will. A company probably sees that their money is being used properly if you’re at work and available than to be home and don’t know what you’re doing all day as your “clocked in”.
If your job tells you to go in.. you either go in or be prepared to be fired. It’s that simple.
Yeah...they've moved all of the homeless to the downtown areas. They have definitely NOT gone away!
Probably cause than what I’ve seen on videos it’s worse than ever over there
Michael Shellenberger opines that 'homeless' is just cleaned up way of saying drug addicted. mental health problems and resulting poverty. Housing will not solve the problem.
They started to clean up Venice Beach right before the Super Bowl in 2022 . A park (further away from the beach) is where all the homeless are located now.
Working from home is great sometimes and sometimes there are distractions. But the office can be really distracting as well! Since the offices have been emptied out, going into work is more productive for the ones that go in.
Excellent video Michael. My ears are glued to every word you say, and I agree. Lisi has excellent taste in t-shirts.
swim works in IT and they have some companies that request secret installation of performance monitoring software of some people they suspect of time theft or divulging trade secrets. also some people do work better remote without the distractions but usually there is always someone who ruins it for everyone.
Don’t know any data entry people that works in the office. The jobs that are being required to be returned to work are usually people who collaborate and need interactions so that they can cut down the number of meetings. The jobs here in NYC are requiring people to return to office and are getting people to come in at 80% now. That’s really good…
Monitoring is the same effect as a boss breathing down your neck
The powers that be will come up with any excuse to go back to the traditional unproductive in office 🏬 building environment. 😶
Most of those beach homeless now set up there tents under the 405 overpass. Like on Venice Blvd and Washington Blvd ……right under the highway. There have been some massive fires in those spots.
Have been a remote worker since 2003, I have no colleagues in my country but we do have offices with hot desks. Not completely aware of what monitoring they are doing but frankly don’t care. I deliver, I work into the night when we have deadlines. Some of the others I know are being told to go into the office at least 2 days - to places where they have no other people in their department and are forced to hot desk so don’t even have a properly set up desk. Whatever happened to office ergonomics and setting up each station for an individual so they had the right equipment? I’d happily pop in a couple days a week if I had my three monitors, my chair and a set desk to use instead of fighting to book a random space and spend hours connecting everything.
I am furious at the few who spoil things for everybody else.
as if there arent non-productive workers AT the office! do yourself a favor, quit your job and work for yourself.
For someone who works for a large govt dept. 7000+ WFH has improved productivity, reduced sick leave, and increased morale.
The argument that people work better in the office is simply not true. If you're lazy (and not being managed), then it's not going to make much difference WFH or in the office.
One of the buildings (44 storeys) we were in was $20 Mil a year to rent. We were able to reduce our accommodation footprint enornously. WFH is here to stay and has changed the work landscape forever.
Govnt doesn't produce anything besides more overhead for business
I remember when I used to work in office and the lazy people who always had senior titles would take several smoke breaks a day and gossip with others outside the building. They hitched their “professional” wagons to the right stars, and never got laid off. Lazy people don’t need a WFH environment to do nothing. They are happy to go to the office and walk around and chat while others carry their workload. I’m so glad I don’t have to see those do-nothings anymore. ✨
If you happy WFH, not sure why you’re commenting on this vid, are you gloating laptop classer?
I caught it Lisi! Now I'm sending you one back 😘. Don't get mad Michael. She started it.
😊❤️
I work from home 🏡 great ...no politics judgement
Traffic, upkeep of car, distraction no discrimination. Owner who ask you to come in are already in building or control freck...
For jobs that can be done at home or even sitting on Venice Beach, a park, a viewpoint, etc. it would be great to see them split their time 50/50 home/office just to see how each person does. Some people might be more productive sitting on the beach doing their work while others won't be.
That’s a good point it should actually come down to the individual. But maybe it would be too time and resource intensive to track each persons productivity in and out of the office.
So companies are formed to make people happy?
@@AFuller2020 Of course not but happy employees equals better productivity. Only some jobs can be worked remotely. Most need the person to be there in person.
Good show prep, strong episode! Bringing it!
My neighbor does actuarial work for a fortune 500 co. He's a big believer in work from home, and he lives less than 3 miles the job. He's disciplined and gets good reviews for productivity and work. Still they are asking him to come in a few times a week now. I think work from home is great and should be allowed for people like this person.
Interesting comment about Venice Beach. I was there 6 years or so ago, and it had some doggy spots. Glad to hear it is getting better.
@MichaelBordenaro thanks for sharing some interesting news facts on remote working. You have done good research. Real estate + Remote Working are the 2 topics that go together.
Thank you!
Where I work, we’re allowed one day of WFH/week. It was supposed to be on specific days of the week, but our manager is such a poor communicator, it’s turned into a mess. Like you don’t know why you’re stuck with certain days. Then you have people who have the OK to come into the office, by 10 and go home to work, by noon, with their counterpart never receiving an answer, as to why they have to be there all week.
I’d like to WFH full time. I’m an introvert and I don’t need constant interaction. I know that what I need isn’t what the office is about though.
But what they have are still people who may come in, but they eventually find the door. They may come in, leave early or find some reason not to be there.
But the way management handles things, they build resentment, by keeping it weird and often have themselves to blame.
A lot of the issues we’re seeing is that a lot of the bigger companies need to justify the footprint and tax write offs. Also we have issues with middle management trying to justify their existence. A lot of smaller companies are nimbler.
I got a few friends that work remote, they definitely getting paid to do stuff other than work, I'd imagine that's how it is for at least 50% of remote workers, good for the remote worker not so good for business owner
I remember seeing Arnold at the 2nd street golds gym back in the 70's
U want to work out around Like people it Goes Better..OLD 😁
Honesty and hard work are always a good thing.
Happy to see you enjoying California 😊.
You and Lizzy make a great couple ❤🎉.
When will you be going home?
What a great vacation 😊.
Blessings, Carlos ✝️🙏😊❤️
Almost as if productivity has more to do with the state of the economy rather than being in the office or not
I got fired a similar way from my university student job. The real issue was they wanted me to give students parking tickets. Theyre real POS
Thank you for your service sticking it to The Man.
Newsflash! The pandemic is over. It's time to get back to work, kiddies! Playtime is over.
I’m thinking people like wfh because they can get some work done. If they were “playing” they would have already been let go. Nothing to do with covid. At home, no pointless meetings, no gossip-y co-workers, no interruptions, no having to figure out lunch or be pressured by lazy co-workers to go out to eat lunch everyday wasting money and time, no boss hovering over people to prove his job should exist, no cold office or hot office, no travel during bad weather, etc etc etc. I guess, really, wfh is for adults.
work for yourself - be your own "boss" parents can stay home and raise their own children instead of dumping them in an indoctrination camp full of vaccines or day care -
They rotate the homeless. They’re probably up on North or S. Venice Blvd. In fact, I know N. Venice Blvd. is completely overwhelmed. The boardwalk could be clear one day, and then it gets bad again. They’re still down there on the other side as well. Dennis did not get rid of them. They just shuffle in the round.
I couldn’t find any homeless tents, while I was here while I was here. I drove around and looked for them too. I have a neighborhood walk video coming out tomorrow in Venice. All I saw was a few RVs.
Falling demand for financial services. Productivity is falling because there's no work for them to do anymore, not that they can't or won't.
If a company is not satisfied with the remote work situation, we won't work for them.
That means you don’t produce anything…. Car mechanics are getting 6 figures…. A diesel mechanic make. Even more. Construction work 6 figures…. You click buttons…. 30 k job no matter what your degree is…
Nothing wrong with only talking remote positions, just expect pay to be lower.
@@bryanspayde5681I’d be a little nervous not producing a product. Sitting in front of a computer isn’t very productive.
@@dennistyler9852 Don’t get me wrong But data entry should be on the same pay scale as a fast food worker .. as dude said. Not much skill needed .
@@s99614 Yep. Fast food pay scale…
Love how you follow German in Venice!!
I love it when my favourite podcasters reference each other!!!
Love ya' Mich
They just did another sweep like last week. German in Venice is fun to watch and so bright and cheery. Working from home is liviing in your office. Hybrid would be OK but 2-3 days a week in the office is enough to maintain contact with co-workers. I round table about two files per day with the boss, and actually put documents in front of both of us and solve problems that straddle competing rules. Zooming sux because there's always something that needs sharing that did not get shared. In person one can just pass around the copy and bang, you're brain-storming.
I work for a government agency that allows hybrid work and I can say I definitely get more work done at home and have way less distractions. I also have a job that would be extremely obvious if I wasn’t working to the point my boss doesn’t need to key log or use my camera either. My work product has to be turned in routinely and timely and it would be super obvious if I was missing deadlines:
Also work at govt agency in a hybrid setting, it's pretty nice. I'm new so I'm benefiting from side convos where I'm learning things that I otherwise wouldn't have even thought to ask. IMO it's the best compromise for me and my position.
I work for a local government and we are still hybrid. Whether I’m in the office or at home doesn’t change my productivity since everything I do is done on the computer.
The physical presence of fellow employee peer pressure is likely motivationally useful with certain types of work, less so with others. As an over-the-road truck driver, I am self-motivating, but also the work is not paid by the hour but by the mile and whether or not I successfully make loading and delivery appointments.
@14:46 a person is about to go head first into a trash can. @14:54 through 20:24 they are fully committed. As for the woman who was gaming the system, do you really think she wasn't doing the same when she was in the office? There are plenty of ways to waste time in the office.
Zoom: So, you didn't move far just in case, well, well we have a case for ya.
I still work from home and love it. I am way more efficient. No travel/traffic allows me to get more done in less time and I get to spend more time with my family. People who are against it are either jealous or micro managers. The key is to have the same desk set up at home
I've been working from home since this started and my productivity had dropped to almost nothing. I think working in isolation has broken my mind.
@@learningtocrash4030 I would switch jobs then. There’s plenty of in office jobs
@@thirdeye5718 not really, my work is very specialized. It would still be work from home anyway so that doesn't help.
I'm thinking of getting back into working on cars, since people wont be buying new ones as the economy collapses.
Then why are you commenting on this video if you are happy?
@@AFuller2020 sorry didn’t know there were rules for posting comments
I just saw a local article that the old newspaper building here in my small midwest college town is getting bulldozed and turned into luxury apartments. Out with the old and in with the new. Seems like the apartment building boom continues at least in this area.
It’s tough, personally full time remote is hard…you do get naturally a little lazy. Companies should get some tax incentives to keep work from home, reduce congestion, and the burning of fossil fuels. I personally like going into work, but flexibility is beneficial. As a data engineer, I don’t need to be anywhere, but it does help to be in office.
If a job can be done remotely, what keeps a business from just outsourcing that job to another country where labor is cheaper?
Michael, you should love remote work, literally! You work more remotely than 95% of remote workers do! 😂🤣😁
I work from home and I work in the office. I am much more productive in the office.
Employers are discovering obedience to the ESG drumbeat is not enough. People actually have to work. Same thing with their stock price.
I get much more work done at home period In the office, all you get is gossip and chatter and can go on for hours