> play video games and jackin' off during work hours.

Most of the hardest working remote people I've known, and I've worked remote at over 5 companies across two decades, often don't work standard hours. I honestly don't see the problem with someone gaming at 2pm if they're also making sure shit gets deployed at midnight.

I also have found that anytime I show up in an actual office it's hilarious how little work actually happens.

The people who get nothing done remote, also tend to get nothing done in an office they just create the illusion of it.

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geodel 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

> The people who get nothing done remote, also tend to get nothing done in an office they just create the illusion of it.

Maybe, maybe not but it surely create cost on people to come to office. Just as example person can't just use whole Friday / monday for starting, finishing weekend travel while claiming as working.

For business even if they can't monitor person whole day at work, getting them to workplace and checking status face to face is something better than nothing.

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bluedino 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> I honestly don't see the problem with someone gaming at 2pm

It depends on if other team members need to be able to reach out to this person at 2pm

	▲	prmoustache 5 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Even when I was working in an office I would sometimes take 2 to 3hours bicycle rides at lunch time because it was the best moment to be doing sport outdoors in winter. I would just make sure I had no scheduled meeting and had people in my team available. Sometimes I would do it to make up for extra time outside of office hours. This also allowed some of my coworkers to leave earlier because they knew I would stay longer to do my regular shift.
	▲	roadside_picnic 5 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		What if a team member needs you at 12am? If there's a need for "core business hours" those can be established. My most recent company was evenly distributed around the globe so needing someone at 2pm PST is not much different than needing someone at 12am PST. The vast majority of companies I've worked at remote have a strong async culture and are better for it. With some obvious exceptions, if you need a response in 15 minutes there's something wrong with your planning.
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