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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/6/2008 Posts: 3,579
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Its never an issue of trust of employees but knowledge of the leader, in a knowledge based economy, or institution, not a "bean counting" organisation. Kenyan organisation are led by mediocre "kiosk/mama mboga thinking" sweatshop mentality, running exhibition stalls as side hustles, businesses meaning a matatu somewhere or building ngorofas, or supplying stationary to garment, loan sharking banks e.t.c no serious work, or innovative ideas for performance, ni ujinga tu wa Kupimia kondoo masaa. Its common knowledge 80% of employees dont contribute anything to the bittom line even if they report at 6am, most Kenyan organisation are the ones that are too mediocre and employers dunderheads. If someone has a clear vision, planning, m&e, reporting and communication, working from home is the best. I work from home, go to engineering machine workshops, spareshops, hardware shops, e.t.c when the need arises, as innovators and entrepreneur's you will not have much choice, am also willing in future to take up people who work from home, once am through that will be thousands of "performance contractors". Ras Kienyeji Man
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 11/9/2011 Posts: 30
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We have what we call "Homebase" in our company.
But same should not exceed 10 days a month.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/7/2012 Posts: 11,935
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some policy in Kenya operate thus >>>>>>>>>>> Where flexi working hours are authorised, there shall be core period of the work day when all employees are expected to be at work regardless of location, station and site. Generally 11 am to 4pm In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/22/2015 Posts: 682
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murchr wrote:Most Kenyans (a majority) are not honest enough to be trusted Is that a problem that an office solves really? Isn't it easier to lie about productivity in an office, where you can arrive at your desk and pretend to be really focused. Boss looks at you and assumes you're a hard worker, kumbe you're just surfing through Xvideos behind the screen. Doesn't work from home force the employer to be keen on performance and not appearances?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/6/2008 Posts: 3,579
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In offices the bosses start screwing employees literally, even peoples wive, what for in a 20% interest rate country is my cute wifie putting on trousers for and running into a cooperate environment for, if they cant pay her to work from home, shes stupid, wall street jamaas don't agree to such, usiseme mambo na jews, ni ujinga tu, and this bosses, they are just bosses because of tribe, relatives e.t c not because they are "more intelligent" as they usually think. Ras Kienyeji Man
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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Mike Ock wrote:murchr wrote:Most Kenyans (a majority) are not honest enough to be trusted Is that a problem that an office solves really? Isn't it easier to lie about productivity in an office, where you can arrive at your desk and pretend to be really focused. Boss looks at you and assumes you're a hard worker, kumbe you're just surfing through Xvideos behind the screen. Doesn't work from home force the employer to be keen on performance and not appearances? The reality is most people work under pressure. Just make an observation and you'll note that..We still have that colonial mentality of "kusimamiwa" so that you can work. I asked, are global conglomerates in Kenya offering the WFH policy? If not why yet their counterparts in the west have it? "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/22/2015 Posts: 682
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murchr wrote:Mike Ock wrote:murchr wrote:Most Kenyans (a majority) are not honest enough to be trusted Is that a problem that an office solves really? Isn't it easier to lie about productivity in an office, where you can arrive at your desk and pretend to be really focused. Boss looks at you and assumes you're a hard worker, kumbe you're just surfing through Xvideos behind the screen. Doesn't work from home force the employer to be keen on performance and not appearances? The reality is most people work under pressure. Just make an observation and you'll note that..We still have that colonial mentality of "kusimamiwa" so that you can work. I asked, are global conglomerates in Kenya offering the WFH policy? If not why yet their counterparts in the west have it? From my experience with work from home, as long as the boss says "hello" to everyone in the company Whatsapp/Skype group in the morning, they imagine he's watching their moves the whole day and they work even more than usual with this imaginary fear that they might be being watched  Anyway, on a serious note, yes, you need strict monitoring in Kenya, but an office makes it easy for managers to slip into bad habits of using 'shortcuts' to monitor if work is being done well, like how long you stay in the office, dress code, looks etc. Work from home forces the managers to develop objective work measurements since they can't see the people, they can only see the work output.
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Rank: Member Joined: 4/4/2007 Posts: 91
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Mike Ock wrote:murchr wrote:Mike Ock wrote:murchr wrote:Most Kenyans (a majority) are not honest enough to be trusted Is that a problem that an office solves really? Isn't it easier to lie about productivity in an office, where you can arrive at your desk and pretend to be really focused. Boss looks at you and assumes you're a hard worker, kumbe you're just surfing through Xvideos behind the screen. Doesn't work from home force the employer to be keen on performance and not appearances? The reality is most people work under pressure. Just make an observation and you'll note that..We still have that colonial mentality of "kusimamiwa" so that you can work. I asked, are global conglomerates in Kenya offering the WFH policy? If not why yet their counterparts in the west have it? From my experience with work from home, as long as the boss says "hello" to everyone in the company Whatsapp/Skype group in the morning, they imagine he's watching their moves the whole day and they work even more than usual with this imaginary fear that they might be being watched Anyway, on a serious note, yes, you need strict monitoring in Kenya, but an office makes it easy for managers to slip into bad habits of using 'shortcuts' to monitor if work is being done well, like how long you stay in the office, dress code, looks etc. Work from home forces the managers to develop objective work measurements since they can't see the people, they can only see the work output. I work in an organization that gives you a high level of flexibility on where you choose to work, be it home or office . Employees are measured on productivity depending on the targets or assignment they have been given . There's a chap who used to check in office once a month and always over-delivered on his targets . Of course there will be individuals who misuse such benefits , I recall once calling someone to follow up on work and could hear a tractor roaring in the background. Anywho she still met her targets so no issues I believe in the short term for a new employee,they may get caught up in the freedom and abuse it , however in the long term , they adapt and eventually it becomes the new normal . Interestingly, most employees still come to office but at their own schedule , no pressure to get at 8am allowing one to have a level of balance with family etc which is key benefit for most. That said ,recent research has shown that working from home significantly impacts collaboration and creativity . Multinational companies are starting to discourage or limit telecommuting as a result of this . Knowledge is power , but action gets things done ...
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/3/2008 Posts: 4,058 Location: Gwitu
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A number of NGOs are quite flexible. Sometimes going to the office adds no value. Suppose am working on a proposal,how would going to the office help? Truth forever on the scaffold
Wrong forever on the throne
(James Russell Rowell)
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 9/4/2018 Posts: 64 Location: Nairobi
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kaka2za wrote:A number of NGOs are quite flexible. Sometimes going to the office adds no value. Suppose am working on a proposal,how would going to the office help?
Yes working from home is quite common....called teleworking...and yes some organizations do this.Its such a good way to motivate you and I guess as long as you can deliver a product in a timely manner then teleworking makes sense...especially for consultants
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