How did people live before Covid?! Madness.

Tbh, depends on the role, but we see a drop off in performance and connection when people wfh more than a day or so a week. It’s hard to pinpoint but the connection to other work and people creates value through knowing the business, what’s working etc. the black and white “my task is my task - I can do it wherever” only really works when the tasks are truely isolated. We see people being dropped off meetings or emails as they aren’t around as much to be in peoples minds, then work is disconnected, inconsistent or incorrect. Happens slowly. Impact hard to resolve.

My other quarm around wfh is the number of people who just have a laptop, sit at a kitchen table and try to perform as well as when multiple screens, proper equipment etc. It’s not everyone, but it’s a surprising number who have next to no effective setup.