Are remote workers really working all day? Here's what they're doing instead
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Remote workers often brag about how productive they are at home, but a new survey sheds light on what they're really doing all day.

My favorite quote:

While employees in the office might kill time messaging friends or flipping through TikTok, remote workers take advantage of being far from the watchful gaze of bosses to chip away at personal to-do lists or to goof off.

Nearly half of remote workers multitask on work calls or complete household chores like unloading the dishwasher or doing a load of laundry, according to the SurveyMonkey poll of 3,117 full-time workers in the U.S.

Oh noes, people actually doing things that are useful for their families instead of even more computer time.

It’s insane that this is even considered strange or surprising. When I work from home, I take longer lunch breaks and I often stop working earlier, but I’m still three times as productive compared to sitting in an office.

At home, I actually get focused time to do something and think. At the office, this is extreamly difficult with all the distractions and noise constantly interrupting my train of thought.

  • cheddar
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    2 months ago

    If you find yourself with spare time you should be proactively asking your manager for additional work, rather than goofing off. Same applies for working in the office.

    And then:

    We don’t have enough work for all these people, we can fire half of them.