The stereotype about working from home is that it’s a golden opportunity for employees to binge Netflix without ever changing out of their pajamas, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox said.
Yet quite the reverse was true in a recent state pilot project, he told reporters Monday, revealing that productivity went up by more than 20% among the 136 employees who participated in the program.
"When we talk about why productivity goes up, I think a huge part of that is because those hourlong commutes are soul-sucking," Cox said. "So you just feel better about life when you don't have to do that every day.