11 WFH Workers Get Real About Whether They 'Take The P*ss'

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<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68e62aaa1800000a545d18b7.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Woman working from home" data-caption="Woman working from home" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Windows via Unsplash" />Woman working from home</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>There’s <a href="https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-13/remote-work-productivity.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">quite a lot of evidence to support the idea</a> that remote work, or working from home (WFH), increases productivity in many industries. </p><p>However, it seems that the economic gains linked to that efficiency ramp-up are <a href="https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-13/remote-work-productivity.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">less likely to pass down</a> to remote workers.</p><p>As a long-time lover of remote work, I’ve always cited stats like those when I defend my preferred home office. So when Redditor <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/TrainingBike9702/" aria-label="Author: TrainingBike9702" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-expanded="false">u/TrainingBike9702</a> asked the members of <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-expanded="false">r/AskUK</a> whether they “take the piss working from home,” I’ll admit I bristled. </p><p>Still, a lot of the asnwers seemed realistic. Here are some of the most-upvoted ones: </p></div><div class="iframely-embed"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="height: 316px; padding-bottom: 0;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/comments/1o0bzog/do_you_take_the_piss_working_from_home/?seeker-ses
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