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Newnormal: Will Workers or Employers Pocket the Profit from WFH Productivity?

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These gains go to the employee initially.

The dollars and time spent commuting.
At least some of the cost of daycare.
The cost in space/and or dollars of having to live close to work.
Eating lunch out.
Flexibility
Dressing below the waist.

And these to the employer.

The cost of owning or renting office space.
The cost of people devoted to maintenance of the office space (see Dropbox above).
Any subsidy including parking spaces supporting commuting.
The need to provide free coffee etc.

Pressman quotes a study Dropbox commissioned at The Economist which concluded that workers lose 28% of their productivity because of distractions and says this agrees with my estimate that 25 hours at home is equivalent to a 9-5 day at the office (nit, he somewhat misinterpreted the study).
WfH is not a zero-sum game. Both workers and employers benefit.