Do You Agree That Working From Home Brings More Productivity?

In the days of commuting, busy tubes and working mums and dads, it has been long sought that working from home was the future, with 13% of the UK already slogging away from their sofas.

In fact, as a study from the London School of Economics and Political Science revealed, the move to be able to progress in your career in your pyjama bottoms actually improved worker morale, with the results revealing people were "happier" and "more productive".

The study sought that although the idea does not necessarily work for everyone, for shyer, introverted employees, their work thrived.

Alongside this, it was argued that the idea would lower uses of transport and reduce carbon emissions, so theoretically, you could be helping save the world sitting in your pants.

However, in 2013, Yahoo announced that they would not be allowing employees to work 'remotely', saying:

"To become the absolute best place to work, communication and collaboration will be important, so we need to be working side-by-side."

It was seen as a strange move for the company, and inspired Richard Branson to speak out on his blog, arguing that in the days of advancing technology, there was no reason not to trust your employees subsequently reasoning that "working life isn't 9-5 anymore".

On the back off this, Lucy Mangan took to Radio 4 to discuss the future of homeworking.

In the show, Mangan came to visit us at The Battleship Building, where we put forward our opinions on the debate, which included remote workers being more economic, and that if technology allows it, then why not use it?

Of course, the argument also takes into account the ol' "out of sight, out of mind", discussing that if the worker isn't intergrating with everybody else, they're missing out on communal activities.

So naturally, the argument wages on.

In Jason Fried's book, "Remote: Office Not Required" the book takes up the debate too, viewing the workplace from an entirely modern perspective. Tackling every aspect of both sides of the argument, Fried analyses psychosis, business ethics and technology in examining the idea of obliterating an office atmosphere.

It's incredibly hard to get meaningful work done when your workday has been shredded into work moments. Meaningful work, creative work, thoughtful work, important work - this type of effort takes stretches of uninterrupted time to get into the zone.

So, what do you think?

Is Yahoo right, and deleting office life off the face of the earth would cause mass isolation in businesses?

Or would the time and space to do a good job in big fluffy socks just make our work the best it could be, (or at least so we wouldn't be inclined to beat the office printer to death?)

Let us know in the comments below.

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