Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
It's not better for the environment. UK energy demand went up for the first time in a decade during covid and WFH. How you commute is of course the issue; cars are worse than trains which are worse than walking or cycling. We have seen a significant decline in public transport infrastuture and a rise in energy use. It's hard to argue it's positive.

In short, 100 people in one large lit and heated room is MUCH better for the environment than 100 people in individually lit and heated houses.
https://grid.iamkate.com/

Big debate over productivity. Either way, loads of issues irrespective of WFH
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk...hours%20worked.

Companies save on office space but pay out in other areas; equiping everyones home, mobile phones, long term lack of creative development etc.

Some interesting bits here: https://www.europeanbusinessreview.eu/page.asp?pid=4793

All of this can be disputed, but i think 100% WFH is very damaging.
Without choosing a side as I think there are pros and cons from working from home: you're definitely doing a lot of heavy lifting in that post to prove some points that cannot be proved.

100 people in one room? How many work environments in the UK would that apply to?

I took a look at the "productivity" link you posted too.

Can you please explain how 'productivity in working hours compared to a national GDP' is a good way of working out that productivity is worse because of working from home? I don't see it.