Maybe it depends by the kind of people. When i worked from home for the COVID, I was extremely non-productive. I played on steam 12 hours a day, then quickly finished my tasks in 30 minutes
For me, it does not work, unfortunately because i am easily distracted and in an office full of people i am less likely to fell in a 4 hours rabbit hole after a reddit post
I’m with you. Adults with ADHD really should not work from home. I mean, I LOVE my work from home days, but pretty much because it’s just a day off but with answering work emails and calls.
Personally I’m the opposite. I only have so much control over my environment in the office, but at home I’m able to build an environment that’s way more productive for my brain. I’ll still go into the office as required (usually about a day every week or two) but I literally have to plan my workload around those days since I know I’ll be way less productive.
then quickly finished my tasks in 30 minutes
So you were just as productive (completed the same work)
I played on steam 12 hours a daY
But you had more free time to enjoy your life.
This means you were more productive working from home than working in an office.
I’m super unproductive in the office and basically glued to the coffee machine. I’m easily able to double my productivity on a good day. Some days are bad, sure. But that happens at the office as well.
That was always an issue I ran into. In a given month I might have two of three days that my brain just didn’t work. I’d stills go into the office and be absolutely unproductive. But to my boss, being in the office was the important thing. As I only got ten days of PTO a year including medical leave and business holidays I was never going to waste it on a mental health day. Was far better to sit at my desk and pretend like I was productive.
then quickly finished my tasks in 30 minutes
Sounds hella productive to me. For your job, it doesn’t matter whether it takes 8 hours or 30 minutes as long as all assigned tasks are done at the end of the day. For your personal wellbeing, private situation and overall productivity, being done in 30 minutes matters greatly as you now have 7.5 more hours to yourself while being just as productive as before.
