Knowledge worker productivity is notoriously hard to measure, so we might as well admit we are only guessing about the impact of widespread work from home on productivity. WFH might not have affected productivity too much: boosting results for some but arguably having no impact or possibly even negative impact on others.
On the other hand, there is growing evidence that longer term issues could be occurring. Respondents to a Plugable survey show that non-work-related activities during work hours were fairly common. About 33 percent reported they binge watched netflix during working hours in January 2021.
But there also are other indicators that productivity might have suffered. About 34 percent of respondents say they lacked a "productive space for work." So 59 percent of WFH respondents "typically spend their time working somewhere other than a home office," Plugable says.
Fully a third of respondents reported technical issues such as internet access interruptions. Nearly three quarters of respondents said their partner or spouse distracts them and 64 percent said working with their significant other causes them to feel less productive and have difficulty focusing, Plugable notes.
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