Now being called back into the office for 2 days a week

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ill never understand why people put down the workers who want to WFH. And gleefully support the corporate slave culture. YEAH, I support the billionaire corporations who arbitrarily want employees on site when they have been capably working at home. YEAH, I support less work/life balance for employees.

Who TF are you people? Are you listening to yourselves?

We are people who enjoy our jobs and support our employer’s mission, but are fed up with those professing to WFH, but who actually are half-a**ing it at our expense. Then, when you hold these freeloaders accountable, they have 5000 reasons why YOU failed THEM!!! I don’t want to work with people like that.

[Anonymous]

I work in a hospital and have a mix of in person ( for obvious reasons) and WFH.

In my experience WFH does work very well for a subsection of non time urgent work that an employee can do in their own time and at best in a quite environment.

However many tasks simply don’t get done when they are allocated to the WFH teams. They often don’t respond to email or phone. If a patient is literally in front of you and an admin task is required NOW for their care then I have learnt that I need to go to the person physically in the office to get it done properly.

[Anonymous]

Fwiw I got forced back into the office a year ago and I went kicking and screaming. I think I literally cried the night before my first day in the office. But a year later I have to say it's been good for my work and honestly, good for me. I have relationships with people now I barely knew before, and those "pointless coworker chats" actually do serve a purpose sometimes in building trust and generating ideas. I'm up for a promotion now and I'm fairly certain I would never have been considered for it a year ago - it's all because of work I got involved in through sheer proximity / relationship-building with the people involved.

I'm not saying this to sound like a corporate slave or whatever, just telling you my own experience. I still love and, honestly, prefer my WFH days, but over the scale of a year I can see how I've benefitted from the in office time. Now, granted, my commute is pretty easy so that has certainly helped - I really don't envy anyone with a bad commute. But for me, it worked out, despite my original misgivings. Hopefully it works out for OP too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because they have figured out your scam. I say this as someone who goes in 3 days a week where I'm much more productive.

I'm exactly the same amount of productive inside vs outside of the office. The time I spend chatting with whoever is in the office on the one day a week I go in, is the amount of time I'd be napping, cooking, doing laundry, etc. at home.

Your lack of self awareness is hilarious. This is clearly your genuine world view and it makes you a poster child for how WFH is bad for the employer, your colleagues, the mission of your organization.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As an executive at a company who is calling people back 2X a week in September, I can tell you our reasons.

People are much more attentive and accountable in the office

People know they must have childcare in place (and if they've moved out of the area without telling us, good to know now)

They learn much more about the business from hallway convos that if they are at home

Every single remote worker I talk to has kids in the background. Get childcare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because they have figured out your scam. I say this as someone who goes in 3 days a week where I'm much more productive.

I'm exactly the same amount of productive inside vs outside of the office. The time I spend chatting with whoever is in the office on the one day a week I go in, is the amount of time I'd be napping, cooking, doing laundry, etc. at home.

Your lack of self awareness is hilarious. This is clearly your genuine world view and it makes you a poster child for how WFH is bad for the employer, your colleagues, the mission of your organization.

I’m pretty pro WFH, but napping is taking it too far. Sure you have a telecom where you mostly listen, fold laundry or cut vegetables… but being asleep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ill never understand why people put down the workers who want to WFH. And gleefully support the corporate slave culture. YEAH, I support the billionaire corporations who arbitrarily want employees on site when they have been capably working at home. YEAH, I support less work/life balance for employees.

Who TF are you people? Are you listening to yourselves?

We are people who enjoy our jobs and support our employer’s mission, but are fed up with those professing to WFH, but who actually are half-a**ing it at our expense. Then, when you hold these freeloaders accountable, they have 5000 reasons why YOU failed THEM!!! I don’t want to work with people like that.

Yeah, I mean, I’m totally willing to acknowledge that there may be “good” WFH employees out there somewhere, but why am I constantly unable to get ahold of out admin and support people who WFH, even when they are “green”
on Teams?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ill never understand why people put down the workers who want to WFH. And gleefully support the corporate slave culture. YEAH, I support the billionaire corporations who arbitrarily want employees on site when they have been capably working at home. YEAH, I support less work/life balance for employees.

Who TF are you people? Are you listening to yourselves?

We are people who enjoy our jobs and support our employer’s mission, but are fed up with those professing to WFH, but who actually are half-a**ing it at our expense. Then, when you hold these freeloaders accountable, they have 5000 reasons why YOU failed THEM!!! I don’t want to work with people like that.

Yeah, I mean, I’m totally willing to acknowledge that there may be “good” WFH employees out there somewhere, but why am I constantly unable to get ahold of out admin and support people who WFH, even when they are “green”
on Teams?

Because they're not particularly invested in their jobs, their performance is not tied to compensation or career progression, and they're not being managed well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ill never understand why people put down the workers who want to WFH. And gleefully support the corporate slave culture. YEAH, I support the billionaire corporations who arbitrarily want employees on site when they have been capably working at home. YEAH, I support less work/life balance for employees.

Who TF are you people? Are you listening to yourselves?

We are people who enjoy our jobs and support our employer’s mission, but are fed up with those professing to WFH, but who actually are half-a**ing it at our expense. Then, when you hold these freeloaders accountable, they have 5000 reasons why YOU failed THEM!!! I don’t want to work with people like that.

Yeah, I mean, I’m totally willing to acknowledge that there may be “good” WFH employees out there somewhere, but why am I constantly unable to get ahold of out admin and support people who WFH, even when they are “green”
on Teams?

Because they're not particularly invested in their jobs, their performance is not tied to compensation or career progression, and they're not being managed well.

Total excuse. Why is it management’s daily role to tell an employee to show up and do the basics when they're being PAID to do so? A job is not welfare.

[Anonymous]

We were just bought, which is turning this into a three hour, 80 miles round trip a day through massive traffic. Not going to do more than twice a week and if that isn't acceptable, hope for a package. I'm a couple of years from retirement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ill never understand why people put down the workers who want to WFH. And gleefully support the corporate slave culture. YEAH, I support the billionaire corporations who arbitrarily want employees on site when they have been capably working at home. YEAH, I support less work/life balance for employees.

Who TF are you people? Are you listening to yourselves?

We are the people whose job it is to manage lazy workers like you, the vast majority of whom are NOT “capably working at home.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ill never understand why people put down the workers who want to WFH. And gleefully support the corporate slave culture. YEAH, I support the billionaire corporations who arbitrarily want employees on site when they have been capably working at home. YEAH, I support less work/life balance for employees.

Who TF are you people? Are you listening to yourselves?

We are people who enjoy our jobs and support our employer’s mission, but are fed up with those professing to WFH, but who actually are half-a**ing it at our expense. Then, when you hold these freeloaders accountable, they have 5000 reasons why YOU failed THEM!!! I don’t want to work with people like that.

Yeah, I mean, I’m totally willing to acknowledge that there may be “good” WFH employees out there somewhere, but why am I constantly unable to get ahold of out admin and support people who WFH, even when they are “green”
on Teams?

Because they're not particularly invested in their jobs, their performance is not tied to compensation or career progression, and they're not being managed well.

Total excuse. Why is it management’s daily role to tell an employee to show up and do the basics when they're being PAID to do so? A job is not welfare.

Why is it management's role to pay attention to employee performance and create consequences for not showing up? I guess because that's their actual job.

[Anonymous]

People who started during WFH don’t really gel with the team.

As a supervisor, it is much better for building a sense of community for people to see each other, chitchat by the water cooler , have lunch together in the cafeteria, etc.

I get why it is nice to wear slippers and do laundry during the workday,roll out of bed five minutes before work starts, etc…but something is lost for the organization.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Only dumb Republicans drive in the city. The rest of us use our amazing public transportation system.

Nope, I drive. Took metro most of my career, but then a train caught on fire and I was stuck in a smoke filled car. We finally got out into the smoke filled station, and the incompetent Metro employees refused to open the gates so that people could evacuate. Then they turned off the escalator, further slowing down the process. An almost-stampeded ensued and the incompetent Metro employees just stood around, chomping on their gum while people panicked. I haven't taken Metro since.

That sounds terrifying.

Sorry you had to go through that.