Work Reform

A good boss doesn't give a shit about whether the workers do other things during work time, as long as the work is done satisfactorily.

The first hour in the office was spent staring at the screen wiggling the mouse from time to time when the screen saver came on because too tired from commuting every day. But, it was at the office so it was productive staring I guess.

Gotta love how the articles frames it. While at work people "kill time" with tik tok but at home they "goof off" folding laundry

And in the office there are people who literally hang out at the coffee machine for 30-60 minutes at a time, talking to everyone who comes by under the guise of "networking".

The media gotta stop reporting on the laundry like it's the equivalent of stealing from the company.

You think that's bad, wait until you hear about the shareholders and landlords.

They dont even have to pretend to work to get paid.

Sounds like they take micro breaks, which is not only healthy, but can help with productivity.

Is anyone complaining about this?

When I used to work in office:

• Wake up at 7am, get ready to go and take a 1 hour commute in, usually there by 9:00
• Try to find parking, walk to office, morning break room coffee and chatter, usually settle in around 9:30
• Get interrupted multiple times by desk drive bys
• Take 2 hour lunch around noon with multiple coworkers because why not
• Get interrupted multiple times by desk drive bys
• Leave at 4 to try and avoid some traffic

Now that I work from home:

• Wake up and hop online to work, usually settle in by 7:30am
• No desk drive by interruptions
• Eat at my desk during meetings or while simultaneously working
• Sometimes start laundry or something during the day, but who cares?
• Usually work later than 5

Jokes on you, I shop and shower while at the office as well.

If anything, one should absolutely take care of mundane tasks with downtime between productive tasks. If their workflow allows for short breaks, it doesn't make a difference to the employer if nothing is done or an unrelated task is done.

They pay people to complete tasks for their corporation. They don't own the worker's bodies or minds due to the virtue of providing a paycheck.

This concept of whole ownership of people really is baked into US social consciousness.

Fuck this corporate propaganda.

Work from home and be happy.

This article can be applied the same way to Office workers. No they’re not working 100% of the time. What’s a problem is if they’re exceedingly unavailable or underperforming at their job and affecting others.

Businesses during covid: we are seeing an all time high in productivity from our workers due to them working from home, this is amazing!

Businesses after covid: these people working from home are nothing but lazy leeches who probably arent even doing their job and are robbing us of our money, despite all our previous statements to the contrary and verifiable statistics counter to this narrative we're now pushing!

There is a concept that companies and managers need to wrap their stupid brains around. And that is that they are paying for your work not your time. So long as you complete the jobs and tasks they ask of you and need from you it shouldn't matter what the hell you're doing otherwise.

But they're dumb Boomer infected brains have been programmed to expect people to sit in cubicles and offices like drones and stare at computer screens all day long. All so rich CEOs can walk through the building and feel more impressive.

P.S. obviously this is referring to salaried jobs not hourly jobs.

Do office workers actually work? No, but they make coffee, collaborate, and network.

My coworkers recounting the oh so cute exploits of their oh so cute grandchildren in excruciating detail is very productive, I'm sure. Definitely makes the extra long commute worthwhile for me.

In a lot of meetings I’m expected to be in I mostly just listen and jump in to answer specific questions. When working from home I like to be active with chores during the meetings, I’ll just take them on my phone. Sometimes I do motorcycle maintenance! It helps me concentrate much better than watching talking heads.

I love the day ending and my chores already being done. I log out and it's like I'm completely done and can go fuck off somewhere.

Me as a programmer

• Exhausted working on something realizing I'm no longer being productive and stuck on a problem.
• Decide to take a break and go empty the dishwasher
• Comes back more refreshed and almost immediately solve the problem.

Edit: Side note - companies I worked at that had dishwashers also expected employees to take turns emptying it / loading dishes others didn't put in it.

Sometimes office workers rinse the coffee pot 😤

I'll absolutely turn off the camera and do laundry or make lunch during a Teams meeting. I'm still on the audio and participate. I'm just able to be productive at work AND at home simultaneously.

Production went up 15% in my department by going from 2 days in office to fully remote. Some employees still have to go to the office for disciplinary reasons, but that's a manager's job to make it happen, if managers are too dumb to realize some employees aren't working then it's a management issue, not a remote work issue.

You pay me a salary to solve problems, not to warm a chair. Make me hourly if you want that. My rate is quite steep, I assure you.

If they're mad about people shopping while working from home I have bad news.

People shop from their phones while working at the job site too. I see several of my coworkers doing this frequently. Shit, I've done it.

Sure, we can't shower on site unless you're a firefighter or something, or have a gym at workplace, but still.

Employers need to reign in their power hungry bullshit. You don't own your employees, and if the work is getting done on time, you have nothing to complain about.