经济学家不认同马斯克居家办公让人变懒的提法

北京时间6月2日消息，埃隆·马斯克(ElonMusk)显然不喜欢远程办公。周三曝光的邮件显示，他要求那些希望远程办公的特斯拉员工至少在办公室工作40个小时，否则就该走人。此前，马斯克曾在5月份接受采访时表达了对美国工人“想方设法不去上班”的厌恶，并称赞中国人的勤奋，尽管他不是将在公司员工和远程员工进行比较。

上个月，他还在Twitter上写道：“所有疫情居家的事情会让人们误以为，你其实不需要努力工作。”

然而，马斯克对远程办公的看法可能是错误的。三位经济学家表示，疫情期间的远程办公不会损害员工的生产力。

马斯克称居家让人变懒

伦敦经济学院的经济和金融历史学家娜塔莎·博斯特尔-维奈(Natacha Postel-Vinay)表示：“大多数证据表明，当人们待在家里时，生产力提高了。人们在通勤路上花的时间减少了，所以可以把其中的一部分时间用来工作，而且他们也有更多的时间陪伴家人和睡觉，这意味着他们更快乐，最终也更有效率。”

经济史教授阿波切特·里切尔(Albrecht Ritschl)也表示，通勤的减少可以提高员工的工作效率，并补充称在家工作可以减少花在“毫无意义的会议”上的时间。“在办公室工作和努力工作是两码事。”他表示。

他们表示，在某些情况下，居家办公生产力偶尔会下降，但这并不是因为人们偷懒。维奈和里切尔指出，疫情期间，在家有孩子的人常常不得不把注意力分散在工作和照顾孩子上，导致工作效率下降。

Last month, he wrote on Twitter: “all the things that happen at home will make people think that you don’t have to work hard.”

However, Mr Musk may be wrong about telecommuting. The three economists said telecommuting during the outbreak would not hurt employee productivity.

Musk says home makes people lazy.

Natasha Bostre-Natacha Postel-Vinay, an economic and financial historian at the London School of Economics, said: “most of the evidence shows that people are more productive when they stay at home. People spend less time commuting, so they can spend some of that time at work, and they also spend more time with their families and sleep, which means they are happier and ultimately more productive. “

Albrecht Ritschl, a professor of economic history, also said that fewer commutes could improve employee productivity, adding that working from home could reduce the time spent on “meaningless meetings”. “working in an office and working hard are two different things.” He said.

In some cases, home office productivity drops occasionally, they say, but this is not because people are lazy. Venai and Rachel point out that during outbreaks, people with children at home often have to focus on work and child care, resulting in reduced productivity.