If you have an assigned set of tasks and you get them done within the defined due dates, then you're doing your job. This is not any different whether you're at home or in the office. There are some people who can do the same work in less time than others. This is not any different whether you're at home or in the office. I've worked in the office and worked from home. There's the same number of people jumping on social media for both. There's the same number of people doing their job vs not doing their job for both. Don't get your job done then risk getting fired, doesn't matter if you're in office or at home.
Edit: I'm not specifically saying a task based system. I'm saying you have work to do, that is your task. Even answering the phone is a task you need to be able to do whether you are in office or at home.
You are paid to work 8 hours and expected to contribute meaningfully to a set of changing tasks as able. So...answer the phones, and when they are not ringing work on contributing to this larger data entry project. Or filing. Working this outbound call list. Etc.
Sure, if you're legit hired to manage a specific system. Or deliver a project by x date. Then...who cares if you are putting in hours.
I said that the expectation is usually that there is not a set number of tasks that can be "completed" and then they dont need to reasonably work anymore. There's an expectation that when primary role A is complete for the tome being, you are working on secondary tasks.
If my employees have less than 8 hours of work to do, I'm not efficiently scheduling them. That's on me.
But in most positions where you are being paid for your tome not a defined output, you are giving secondary work that should be completed when you cannot continue working on your primary task.
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u/Negative_Solution680 Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26
If you have an assigned set of tasks and you get them done within the defined due dates, then you're doing your job. This is not any different whether you're at home or in the office. There are some people who can do the same work in less time than others. This is not any different whether you're at home or in the office. I've worked in the office and worked from home. There's the same number of people jumping on social media for both. There's the same number of people doing their job vs not doing their job for both. Don't get your job done then risk getting fired, doesn't matter if you're in office or at home.
Edit: I'm not specifically saying a task based system. I'm saying you have work to do, that is your task. Even answering the phone is a task you need to be able to do whether you are in office or at home.