CMV: Most people who say they are more productive working from home are lying or not being honest with themselves

First point: I believe that most people working from home are generally not as productive as they would be if they were to work fully in office.

Second point: Further, as a result of the above I believe that most people who say they are "more productive" at home are not being honest, because they want to retain their WFH privileges.

Now I understand that there may be exceptions to this, for example, people who have excessively long commutes, have acute illnesses, or who work in careers where they're doing well over 40+ hours per week regardless of the work environment they're in.

But for the majority of people with typical 40 hour work weeks, I do not believe they are more productive.

Of all my friends and people I know who work from home, almost all of them admit that they do substantially less, or sometimes, even no work from home (I have a friend that works hybrid and basically gets away with doing all of his work on his in office days, which I don't know if it's sustainable but honestly sounds awesome).

I understand a case could be made that simply being in the office doesn't necessarily mean that you're doing work - totally fair, however I do believe that on average, one is still likely to perform more hours of actual work within a week in an in-office arrangement compared to at home where there are ultimately more distractions at your disposal.

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