> It's not a matter of "they haven't come around to my opinion yet, but they will."
Exactly right. That's my primary problem with all of these opinion pieces that WFH is the future.
Having managed remote/WFH teams for several years, including a lot of WFH veterans, I've seen a lot of the downsides of WFH that aren't immediately apparent in the first few months.
It's difficult to convince people that long-term WFH has downsides because so many people want to believe that they are more productive and happier never leaving their own homes, when in reality that's not true for everyone. Especially over the long-term.
For example: In my experience, the people who were most confident that they would be more productive at home were most likely to have performance issues after several months. Ironically, the people who were concerned that WFH might negatively impact their work were more likely to succeed because they made no assumptions and instead put in the effort to make their WFH experience a success.
"Ironically, the people who were concerned that WFH might negatively impact their work were more likely to succeed because they made no assumptions and instead put in the effort to make their WFH experience a success."
The more cognizant you are of the downsides/risk in a situation, the more you can mitigate them early and often. Sounds like the latter are pragmatic, self-aware, and successful in adapting.
Exactly right. That's my primary problem with all of these opinion pieces that WFH is the future.
Having managed remote/WFH teams for several years, including a lot of WFH veterans, I've seen a lot of the downsides of WFH that aren't immediately apparent in the first few months.
It's difficult to convince people that long-term WFH has downsides because so many people want to believe that they are more productive and happier never leaving their own homes, when in reality that's not true for everyone. Especially over the long-term.
For example: In my experience, the people who were most confident that they would be more productive at home were most likely to have performance issues after several months. Ironically, the people who were concerned that WFH might negatively impact their work were more likely to succeed because they made no assumptions and instead put in the effort to make their WFH experience a success.