<story><title>Charter engineer quits over “reckless” rules against work-from-home</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/charter-faces-blowback-after-banning-work-from-home-during-pandemic/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>joshuamorton</author><text>Given my experience the past few weeks 1 is absolutely true.&lt;p&gt;But 2 absolutely outweighs the productivity loss.</text></item><item><author>CiPHPerCoder</author><text>&amp;gt; Charter CEO Tom Rutledge last week told employees in a memo to keep coming to the office even if their jobs can be performed from home, because people &amp;quot;are more effective from the office.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;1. Bullshit. Show us the data to substantiate your claim.&lt;p&gt;2. Even if we assume that Rutledge is correct: Is the delta in observable effectiveness worth the cost to employees&amp;#x27; lives and their families?&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m on the side of the engineer who resigned. The CEO&amp;#x27;s policy is stupid, irresponsible, and&amp;#x2F;or callous.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>CiPHPerCoder</author><text>The past few weeks is not a typical WFH experience.&lt;p&gt;1. A lot of folks are being forced into it, rather than it being an option chosen voluntarily.&lt;p&gt;2. School is cancelled, so kids are home, which can be very distracting for parents (which, for some industries, is a significant portion of employees).&lt;p&gt;At the intersection of the two observations, I&amp;#x27;d caution against extrapolating too much from the recent pain points.&lt;p&gt;In my experience (I&amp;#x27;ve worked remote for the past 6 years), I&amp;#x27;m far more productive working from home than I am in an office.</text></comment>
<story><title>Charter engineer quits over “reckless” rules against work-from-home</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/charter-faces-blowback-after-banning-work-from-home-during-pandemic/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>joshuamorton</author><text>Given my experience the past few weeks 1 is absolutely true.&lt;p&gt;But 2 absolutely outweighs the productivity loss.</text></item><item><author>CiPHPerCoder</author><text>&amp;gt; Charter CEO Tom Rutledge last week told employees in a memo to keep coming to the office even if their jobs can be performed from home, because people &amp;quot;are more effective from the office.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;1. Bullshit. Show us the data to substantiate your claim.&lt;p&gt;2. Even if we assume that Rutledge is correct: Is the delta in observable effectiveness worth the cost to employees&amp;#x27; lives and their families?&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m on the side of the engineer who resigned. The CEO&amp;#x27;s policy is stupid, irresponsible, and&amp;#x2F;or callous.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>philshem</author><text>Regarding point 1.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s not fair to compare a hasty transition to remote work, and during a period of time with so much uncertainty that surely has a negative impact on concentration and productivity, with a properly rolled-out remote work policy.</text></comment>