Be honest and let us know, are you less productive when working from home?
I am not from HR, I am just curious. But please be honest.
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Lol @ reverting backwards
Read the post again. Never said anyone admitted to having just woken up, but it’s very easy to tell morning sound of a human versus a person who has been up working. I’ve also experienced drunk reps slurring words. The record numbers are a crock it’s for shareholders. Use one of those cents bouncing around upstairs to see through the smoke and mirrors. If you are an investor and BOA posted a recording breaking loss would you invest? No. Do you know how to read annual reports and calculate a Z score? Check it out.
Lol at me. Was referring to the poster below!
Lol @2stg+1g3gkQZH
I call BS. You waited a long time and then someone told you they just woke up? Assuming it's even true you immediately go "wfh is bad" instead of going " this person is bad". We have literally posted record profits and many of us have no contact with clients at all.
Your logic sucks. I'm sure so many of us independent contributors are suffering from mental health and alcoholism because we get to sit at home and not talk to co workers rather than sitting in an office lol
Long wait times I experienced was a person who had just woken up. People need to get back in the office. The US is reverting backwards on productivity. People are dealing with mental health from being home, alcohol consumption is beyond.
I’m wondering can we work from Mexico with work laptop?
Lol @ the two previous posters attributing long wait times to productivity rather than a huge exodus of employees quitting and reduced staffing because BofA kinda sucks. I have 6 people in my Dept that have quit since bonus time in mid February.
The problem is, a worker isn't reliable in measuring their own performance. So of course everyone will say they are more productive.
The only way to truly show productivity is with tangible metrics. Number of calls, length of calls or survey scores. Something like that. Without something measurable everyone's responses are purely emotional.
Anecdotally, with the extremely increased wait times to speak with anyone in any department I feel like productivity is out the window. I wonder guess that with me noticing more and more "contractors" during my calls that is the case. Sad thing is you are doing it to yourselves.
Way more productive wfh. Less background noise, have a door I can close, can run to the bathroom steps away between calls, have less to do to get ready in the morning, no commute so can flex my work time on a busy day. Can make lunch in the kitchen steps away.
In the office the white noise machines do not work, so much background noise and distraction. People coming to my desk constantly to chat. People wanting to go out to eat for lunch, takes me away from my desk for a significant time. Commute time allows less flexibility with meetings.
It's not that people worked in offices for decades without any problems, they did not think wfh possible. The last two years have proved it is possible and extremely productive. If you like being in the office, good for you, some may be happier there.
Let's be conduits for innovation and trying new ideas, not going back to outdated behaviors.
I think people confuse the word “happiness” with the word “productivity.” People are definitely happier working from home. But at the end of the day, a desk is just a desk regardless of where it is. If you have a good work ethic, you’ll be productive whether you’re at home or in the office. People worked for decades in the office without any problems. Just have to get used to it again.
I have to get up, get dressed into uncomfortable clothes, drive over an hour each way (stopping for gas at least weekly) in heavy traffic, to sit in a cubicle as the only member of my team in my city, using my laptop to attend the same webex meetings I did when I was WFH, but now I get to share bathrooms with strangers and wait for the person to get done reheating fish in the microwave at lunchtime. Given those circumstances, what do you think the answer is? Now, using that info, do you really think you needed to ask that question? Good grief, the cognitive dissonance of those who can't see it is staggering.
simple answer More productive WFH
Now i do enjoy disconnecting when i leave the office. but its the banks lose since i am done, will not log back on when i get home vs always connected when wfh.
WFH i connect more ET to PT so early or late meetings are not an issue.
WFH = Connected longer + less cost for me + safer + less distractions + more productive
It really depends on your job.
- who is “us”?
- this question doesn’t even need to be asked, just spend 20 minutes scrolling through the posts to see where sentiments lie.
Working from the office when it is clear to literally everyone that working from home is better and efficient for the majority of workers is pure cognitive dissonance (not to mention it’s better for the environment which bofa is bs-ing to care about)
It’s sad because the workforce at more elite institutions feel confident and valued, so they’re able to speak up and demand hybrid solutions. At B of A, many people don’t feel this so will accept the stupidity that is working from the office 5 days a week. I’m sure those in power are very aware of this and will force RTO because they know they can get away with it. A union would come in handy at a time like this.
For sure I'm more productive at home. I'm in comfortable clothes that are not work appropriate and relaxed. At the office I have to wear uncomfortable clothes. There is ambient noise, people having side conversations that may or may not be interesting, idle chatter, people walking by and then the chatty co workers who want to talk all day. Then there are people asking you questions about items that are not work related. There are also those who ask work related questions more frequently because you are accessible to them. At home they only ask if they need to because they don't want to distract you. At home there is none of that. Aside from the occasional delivery to my door there are very few distractions. With that being said I am home alone all day while my husband is at work. There are no children in the house to distract me. Plus I'm more rested because I get more sleep.
Depends on the person. If that person is unproductive in the office, he will be much more unproductive at home. And vice versa. It's all about the mentality and commitment to the job. Employees pretty much know who works and who doesn't within their own group.
I'm kinda 50/50 honestly. When in the office I do get caught up in the office noise, but can easily put earphones in, but what I can't turn off are folks walking by wanting to chat. When I am at home, I can easily just knock stuff out that needs to be done, this includes personal things as well.
I'm more productive at home than in the office. Too many people drop by to share their personel problems with me when I'm physically there. Or, ask me stupid questions about what I'm working on, and they aren't in my org. Or the loud talkers who self promote yet do no work and refuse to close their office door.
So, yeah, to answer your question, I am way more productive, happy, and safe working from home.