The Unpopular Opinion Thread

My productivity is far higher since I started working from home like most people I know! Weird comment.

I do very little work when I go into the office - spend most of the time playing pool or catching up with people.

Maybe she was trying to entertain yoir sister? Just because your at home dosent mean there has to be sparks coming off the keyboard. Im back in the office now but whenni was working from home i tending to do a bit more in the evening. Or maybe not have a set lunchtime which you would tend to take when in the office. Overall i tended to get more work done while having a better lifestyle. Been able to cook a dinner in the afternoon as opposed to coming home in the evening and having to cook was a great advantage I found. 

doherty wrote: Maybe she was trying to entertain yoir sister? Just because your at home dosent mean there has to be sparks coming off the keyboard. Im back in the office now but whenni was working from home i tending to do a bit more in the evening. Or maybe not have a set lunchtime which you would tend to take when in the office. Overall i tended to get more work done while having a better lifestyle. Been able to cook a dinner in the afternoon as opposed to coming home in the evening and having to cook was a great advantage I found.

Huggybeer wrote: I work with Software teams in India and clients in USA, India four hours ahead of our timezone and US five hours behind, makes for a spread out working day, i can easily be off line for an hour mid morning here. The Bailed out banks do use off shore development companies, so your sisters friend could have been up at 5 or 6 talking to Mumbai or somewhere. Afraid old ways of working no longer apply in a lot of cases

Think the "in a lot of cases" is an important qualifier there.

I think some people are a bit short sighted. If you are working from home for a multi national, it won't be long before they decide that paying Dublin wages to someone working out of their spare bedroom, will go a lot further in Budapest or Mumbai.

Lenny82 wrote: I think some people are a bit short sighted. If you are working from home for a multi national, it won't be long before they decide that paying Dublin wages to someone working out of their spare bedroom, will go a lot further in Budapest or Mumbai.

colemanY2K wrote: horsebox wrote: You can't really do that though. You'll be fired once HR find out about it.  i think you read lennys post arseways.

I'm not saying a company would offshore their entire workforce, but certainly a proportion of it. The company I work for has always had support out of Hungary and India at a fraction of the cost here. I agree that they are not as productive but you can employ twice as many, for half the price.