(12-06-2024, 09:23 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(12-05-2024, 10:59 PM)mikesez Wrote: Musk and others are now pushing a narrative that federal workers are working remote too much and this is a big source of government inefficiency.  Interesting! Plausible!
We could close certain buildings and make certain workers fully remote. Big savings!
But wait.
That's not what Musk wants.
He wants them all back in office.
But how does that save money? He says workers are more efficient when they're at the office, but, we didn't see a huge drop in government efficiency during COVID.  And many workers did come back, but there hasn't been a big gain in efficiency associated with that either. Data from private workplaces is mixed, at best.
Anyhow here's the link.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/musk-eye...h-2t/story

Okay, first of all, "government efficiency" is an oxymoron, and how in the world would you even measure such a thing?  

My impression is that people like to work remotely because then they can do things like laundry or taking care of their kids.  It seems to me that working remotely is a great opportunity to cheat your employer by doing non-work stuff.  That's why I would never allow it except in extreme emergencies that actually keep people from coming to the office.

Exactly.  I could never work remotely because I would definitely take advantage of it.  It would start innocently enough.  Cutting out early on a Friday to get a jump on traffic for a vacation.  Next it would be working on a minor home repair the wife has been nagging me about.  Then I’d be running minor errands and getting up late.  Next thing you know that 8 hour day the employer pays me for would be about 4 hrs of actual work.

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