Remote workers report the highest well-being in study of 7,700 employees
www.colorado.edu
Many employers worry remote workers feel disconnected. A new study found they reported higher well-being and were no more likely to feel isolated than their
  • puppinstuff@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    52 minutes ago

    I can’t believe how much more I get done when I’m left alone and focused on the task at hand.

    I don’t feel particularly isolated. Everybody is different but a once-week team chat and seasonal social lunches fill my cup.

    Turns out when you can do errands and meet non-work friends for coffee as you please you don’t need to lean on your office family so much for connection and purpose.

  • eicker@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    34·
    5 hours ago

    Turns out the commute, fluorescent lighting, constant interruptions and performative desk sitting weren’t secretly essential ingredients for human happiness after all. Shocking. Next study: 7,700 managers discover that seeing someone in a chair is not actually a productivity metric.

    • magnue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 hours ago

      Performative desk sitting is the worst. Got nothing to do so I have to just click on things.

    • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      5 hours ago

      And 7,600 of them discover that aside from micromanaging and degrading the well-being of their employees, they have no other substantive job duties, and their employment is completely pointless.

  • DrCake@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    4 hours ago

    I’m all for as much remote work as possible, but I would love a study to include commute length and mode of transport. When I lived a 20 min walk from my office it was great and didn’t mind being at the office full time.

    I moved away and it’s now a 30 min car drive which I really hate, a 1 hr bus journey, or 45 min bike ride.

    I wouldn’t mind the bus journey so much, as I can read a book on my way, but the unreliability makes it feel so much worse.

    And despite being longer than the drive, I much prefer to cycle into work, and I’ll usually do extra days in the office during the summer as an “excuse” to be on the bike.