Working from home isn’t a problem, management is

The Covid-19 pandemic has upended life as we ‘normally’ perceive it. Until the pandemic hit home, few people knew of Zoom, Google Hangouts or Skype. Working from home was reserved for a few Bohemians mainly working in the tech industry whose stereotypical depiction in the movies cannot be gainsaid.

Therefore, it was expected that as soon as office workers started working from home, there would be a few hiccups related to this novel working experience. On April 10, the Business Daily published the results of a survey showing that “81 percent of staff working from home were unproductive”. Inasmuch as there may be truth in that poll, it is instructive that the root cause of the “unproductivity” be addressed. Studies have traced contemporary management practices to slavery.