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Work from home

List of reasons and arguments in favor of having more staff working from home.
Quotes
- Netflix “We don’t measure people by how many hours they work or how much they are in the office. We do care about accomplishing great work.”
- Twitter “We believe there are significant tangible and intangible benefits when employees are working under the same roof. We also recognize that every so often it’s important to be able to work remotely, and we allow for that flexibility.”
- IBM In 2011, in just the U.S. alone, IBM’s work-at-home program conserved approximately 6.4 million gallons of fuel and avoided more than 50,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions.”
Thought
- individuals can be more productive working at home, but teams can’t. Teams are always LESS productive when people are not together.
- productivity declines, more often than not, because management is unclear on expectations and measures--it’s not just that people at home are slacking off.

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   * Netflix {{{ “We don’t measure people by how many hours they work or how much they are in the office. We do care about accomplishing great work.” }}}
   * Twitter {{{ “We believe there are significant tangible and intangible benefits when employees are working under the same roof. We also recognize that every so often it’s important to be able to work remotely, and we allow for that flexibility.” }}}
   * IBM {{{ In 2011, in just the U.S. alone, IBM’s work-at-home program conserved approximately 6.4 million gallons of fuel and avoided more than 50,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions.” }}}

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   * {{{individuals can be more productive working at home, but teams can’t. Teams are always LESS productive when people are not together. }}}
   * {{{productivity declines, more often than not, because management is unclear on expectations and measures--it’s not just that people at home are slacking off. }}}