Employee focus (having punctuated behaviors separating work from personal time)
Tax advantages for employers to own workspaces and fixtures rather than employees
Not clear that “can be done remotely” is the right metric. We won’t know if “can be done as effectively (or more effectively) remotely” is true for some time.
High status feels better when you are near your subordinates (when you can watch them, randomly disrupt them, etc.). High-status people make the decision whether remote work is allowed or not.
EtA: moved to a question: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zAwx3ZTaX7muvfMrL/why-do-we-have-offices
Why do we have offices?
They seem expensive, and not useful for jobs that can apparently be done remotely.
Hypotheses:
Social presence of other people working: https://www.focusmate.com/
Accountability
High bandwidth communication
Meta communication (knowing who’s available to talk to)
Status quo bias
status: to integrate
Employee focus (having punctuated behaviors separating work from personal time)
Tax advantages for employers to own workspaces and fixtures rather than employees
Not clear that “can be done remotely” is the right metric. We won’t know if “can be done as effectively (or more effectively) remotely” is true for some time.
thanks for your comment!
I just realized I should have used the question feature instead; here it is: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zAwx3ZTaX7muvfMrL/why-do-we-have-offices
Increased sense of relatedness seems a big one missed here.
thanks for your comment!
I just realized I should have used the question feature instead; here it is: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zAwx3ZTaX7muvfMrL/why-do-we-have-offices
High status feels better when you are near your subordinates (when you can watch them, randomly disrupt them, etc.). High-status people make the decision whether remote work is allowed or not.
thanks for your comment!
I just realized I should have used the question feature instead; here it is: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zAwx3ZTaX7muvfMrL/why-do-we-have-offices