Bosses think workers do less from home, says Microsoft

I’ve worked from home for 15 years.

It truly varies by individual working style, job, culture, and more.

There is no one sized fits all IMHO. The right mix for me is 1-2 day in a small office with others where you bond with co-workers (in my case engineers) and hear about other things going on or brainstorm on ideas even though you might not be on the same team. Then 1-2 days with customer or alternate customer and in-office days on certain weeks depending on what’s going on both with customers and in-office.

The rest are work from home.

I think there is a middle way for everyone - even fully remote companies should have some semblance of balance based upon company and team culture (but most don’t)

The grand irony is that I read a lot about management who worry they aren’t getting enough out of remote workers…

And yet I have a real problem with work-life balance working from home that I have to be mindful in my own life about both that balance and boundaries.

Based on....nothing useful.

"While 87% of workers felt they worked as, or more, efficiently from home, 80% of managers disagreed.

The survey questioned more than 20,000 staff across 11 countries."

I wonder if 100% of the managers felt they were as efficient from home?