When we all return to the office this Fall, I challenge everyone to take note of whether we are actually collaborating or just wasting time going for coffee, gossiping in offices and huddle rooms, taking lunch and going to the bathroom. Will all that time wasted be worth the 1-2 hour commute each day? By my calculations, the average employee will have at least 4 hours per day of time that they will spend not working (commute time is factored in). Prove me wrong.
Before you come at me in the comments, I am not saying that in-person working is better or worse than WFH, I am just pointing out the reality of the situation and hope that the leaders realize that they probably got more work out of us when we were working remotely.
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My favorite collaboration occured off campus and it involved some hand work.
“Isolated work style” is front and center on the definition of an underperforming employee.
The same people who have been chronically hard to reach, behind on deliverables, etc. working remotely in my group were just as bad in person. Not much changed with the pandemic. Why punish the people who deliver results regardless of where they sit, just to reward the people who spend more time BSing in the hallway and going to "network events"?
Wow, such creative excuses to continue to stay home and play X-box or do whatever you want instead of working. Also wondering what this has to do with layoffs, other than the obvious, those next on the list for getting cut are generally the ones posting all day on these boards.............
Well, Chevron has a July 2021 study that says if you tend to not want to collaborate, then there is little incentive to keep you hired on.
"2013 study found that we tend not to collaborate when there is little incentive to do so. The research found that money had a profound impact on our willingness to collaborate."
So make your own conclusions.
@asa, If what you say you do, productive-wise, then you are in the minority of all office workers. Truth is, a national study conducted by more than one prestigious university actually shows that team collaboration and time accountability occurs in over 90% of corporate functional groups and 95% of operations groups. For that matter, those numbers clearly state that for Chevron, we all need to get back into our cubicles and offices asap.
LOL "commute = relaxing transition" someone either drives drunk or or doesnt live in Houston.
Interesting this post is on layoff site. Is there a reason for that? Or has this become the go to site to discuss all CVX aspects?
Most people benefit from the commute buffer between home and work. A relaxing transition and time to think alone. This has been one of the big problems of WFH and a source of stressss
Another thing that the leaders probably do not realize or understand is that many work teams will never be able to collaborate in person since they offshored a lot of the work to Manila and Buenos Aires.
WFH is a blessing and a curse. No commute, for many that saves 1-3 hours a day.
And stress is reduced, no road rage, you aren’t burned out when you start in morning and you have more energy period.
But you need an isolated office space at home. You don’t get the random social interaction at the water cooler.
You tend to over work at home, putting in more hours and not disconnecting from work. Because it’s there constantly.
I know, I have WFH since 2000. You have to fight jealous VPs who demand you come into office, you’ll teach others by osmosis…
Agree with the general broad statement that management will get more out of most employees when they WFH. Consider some employees, like myself, live only ten minutes from the office. As well as eat lunch at their desk and take few if any breaks during the day. Now with WFH, I find myself working 9-10+ hours a day. I’m eager to start working back in the office (hybrid or whatever) so I can get back to a work/life balance.
We should be in the office now. Waiting for the fall to back is like waiting for hurricane season before you set sail.