Why are ppl so jealous about WFH?

[Anonymous]

Who are these workers so eager to RTO? Why didn’t they return to work already before this?

Are they even workers at all, or just jealous unemployed ppl?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who are these workers so eager to RTO? Why didn’t they return to work already before this?

Are they even workers at all, or just jealous unemployed ppl?

Many did. And have been picking up slack for months/years.

[Anonymous]

Picking up what slack?

Are you the great pretender here? You can even use proper grammar.

[Anonymous]

Good question. My Republican friends in the oil and gas industry have been ordered back to the office five days a week and they aren't happy. They weren't jealous as they had plentiful WFH but their industry's MAGA worship caught up to them.

[Anonymous]

People are being brainwashed by Trump and his minions to think WFH is bad.

Trump always had wives and nannies and maids to do all the work. He never had to battle rush hour traffic, come home, cook dinner, and get kids to soccer games. He doesn't understand regular lives.

If you WFH and you don't have to drive two hours a day, it really helps. MAGA doesn't like that. They don't want you to have time with your family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are being brainwashed by Trump and his minions to think WFH is bad.

Trump always had wives and nannies and maids to do all the work. He never had to battle rush hour traffic, come home, cook dinner, and get kids to soccer games. He doesn't understand regular lives.

If you WFH and you don't have to drive two hours a day, it really helps. MAGA doesn't like that. They don't want you to have time with your family.

True! Trump and Musk both are billionaryand don’t understand and are empathetic to folks who have to earn and work hard every day to even earn $ a month. They don’t understand what poor and middle/ upper middle class go through everyday.

RTO 5 times a week is like going back 20 years to a time when technology was not that advanced

[Anonymous]

I don’t see this as a right/left thing. It’s simply human nature.

I leave my house at 5:30am and don’t return until 6pm. I’ve raised 2 kids with this schedule and it has been exhausting. 15 years of this so far.

I’m jealous of my neighbor who works from home. She grocery shops in the afternoon, picks her kids up at the bus stop, etc.

It’s basic jealousy. I’ll admit it. I would love what she has, but WFH isn’t available on my field.

And so I sit silently and dream about shorter work days and more flexibility.

[Anonymous]

Some don't understand.

Some are jealous because they are in a field that doesnt allow such flexibility.

Some can't adjust to workplace evolution. "This is how it's always been done!"

Some think a woman's place in the house is barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see this as a right/left thing. It’s simply human nature.

I leave my house at 5:30am and don’t return until 6pm. I’ve raised 2 kids with this schedule and it has been exhausting. 15 years of this so far.

I’m jealous of my neighbor who works from home. She grocery shops in the afternoon, picks her kids up at the bus stop, etc.

It’s basic jealousy. I’ll admit it. I would love what she has, but WFH isn’t available on my field.

And so I sit silently and dream about shorter work days and more flexibility.

Are you jealous to want to march your neighbor to the office, or jealous wishing you’d have a different schedule?

Ps. I can’t imagine having a job like yours with those kind of hours not having any flexibility. Even if you’re doing lab research, you’d have to write some reports and papers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some don't understand.

Some are jealous because they are in a field that doesnt allow such flexibility.

Some can't adjust to workplace evolution. "This is how it's always been done!"

Some think a woman's place in the house is barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen.

Some do not realize that WFH is not the female dream you envision it to be. Working from home often means women doing more work, more responsibilities, more multi-tasking. You replace the commute time with a FULL time worker, cleaner, cook, mother. Impossible to do everything and be everything all at the same time.

I'd much rather go to an office an have clear boundaries. I worked form home for 6 years, and went back to an office on purpose during Covid, before my kids were even back in school. I was quickly burnt out on being all things at all times to everyone.

[Anonymous]

My wife's office teleworked two days a week before the pandemic. So in 2020 they seamlessly transitioned to 100% telework. I understand where the administration is coming from in their insistence that the pandemic is over - but why not let offices go back to their pre-Covid policies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some don't understand.

Some are jealous because they are in a field that doesnt allow such flexibility.

Some can't adjust to workplace evolution. "This is how it's always been done!"

Some think a woman's place in the house is barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen.

Some do not realize that WFH is not the female dream you envision it to be. Working from home often means women doing more work, more responsibilities, more multi-tasking. You replace the commute time with a FULL time worker, cleaner, cook, mother. Impossible to do everything and be everything all at the same time.

I'd much rather go to an office an have clear boundaries. I worked form home for 6 years, and went back to an office on purpose during Covid, before my kids were even back in school. I was quickly burnt out on being all things at all times to everyone.

I’m a divorced dad with 50-50 and didn’t have any of these problems when I had 100 percent WFH.

[Anonymous]

Well my old place doubled workforce from 2015 to 2025 as WFH and Remote rolled out.

However, they cut salaries 60 percent.

This may be hard to believe but in 2005 I paid people in my area more than I do in 2025.

Back then zero flexibility, long commutes, zero remote, OT on a moments notices, travel on short notice.

But bottom line flexibility has a financial cost.

If I went back to 2005 to hire people I have to pay 50K to 150K more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some don't understand.

Some are jealous because they are in a field that doesnt allow such flexibility.

Some can't adjust to workplace evolution. "This is how it's always been done!"

Some think a woman's place in the house is barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen.

Some do not realize that WFH is not the female dream you envision it to be. Working from home often means women doing more work, more responsibilities, more multi-tasking. You replace the commute time with a FULL time worker, cleaner, cook, mother. Impossible to do everything and be everything all at the same time.

I'd much rather go to an office an have clear boundaries. I worked form home for 6 years, and went back to an office on purpose during Covid, before my kids were even back in school. I was quickly burnt out on being all things at all times to everyone.

It’s not a dream, it’s a convenience that helps you be present for your family while also helping financially.

So you got burnt out and you want to send everyone to the office?

[Anonymous]

Not jealous at all.
I work in office for max my pay. You work for your comfort.