Has remote working made anyone a little less productive than before? (working in an office)

I've noticed that after 6 p.m. it's easier and quieter to work, because the number of phone calls and the amount of urgent work finally decreases. Sometimes this is the time when I get a "workaholic" attack, and I take advantage of these moments, doing the same amount of work in three or four hours that I could normally do for three days. Plus in the evenings there's that idiotic feeling of, "Now I'm working because I decided to, not because I have to." The same thing happens on the weekends.

Hi, I am based out of Hyderabad, and I definitely agree with you. WFH productivity just went down with time. Even we are using Wework space 2 days a week and see improvements in our turnaround times. Also people are more accountable when in office.

Yes, may be you can say. But if we set a place for our office in our home. Get up early in the morning like we have to go to office. Take well dress and sit on your working area place like you are working in office.

Doing the same activities, living in the same environment, or working in the same space leads to adaptation and flattening. Changing is the key to constantly getting motivation in our lives, including productivity at work or in any other area, like sports or hobbies, etc. If tomorrow you start earning 100k per month, you'll be extremely excited, right? Well, after some months, you will be used to that amount of money, and it will not appear special anymore. The same examples apply to any other habit, e.g. if you work on a beautiful beach every day, after a certain period it won't be special anymore. Balancing is one of the approaches and solutions to mitigate accustoming, for example with regards to the work environment, having two days at the office and the others at the home office, could be good, but of course, it depends on your specific needs and preferences. And also I'm strongly convinced that productivity is heavily driven by the motivation and the interest that we have in a topic, task, job, activity, etc. Surely having the right working environment set up, productivity tools, time optimization, and correct scheduling is very important; however, being focused and really committed is what motivates us to work and get the best results, it's what does spike our dopamine and our willingness to move forward.

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The entire company works remotely. Some simply prefer such a system of work more or less

Not really but it did require a few adjustments. At the end of the day, you need to understand that work is work and be disciplined enough to keep showing up. Having a room I use as an office helped a ton - just coming here puts me in a productive mode.