Can DC physically handle the RTO?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here a DC worker in a nutshell.

His Gardner - Can I work from home? No
His Main - Can I work from home? No
His Garabageman - Can I work from home? No
His Starbucks Barista - Can I work from home? No

Boss asks them to come to office, How dare you!

None of those jobs require years if not decades of schooling or talent. It's stupid of you to compare them.

What the hell is a ‘main’

Np. ????

I’m sure it’s maid. I bet not one fed has a maid. Biweekly cleaning lady? Maybe some

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here a DC worker in a nutshell.

His Gardner - Can I work from home? No
His Main - Can I work from home? No
His Garabageman - Can I work from home? No
His Starbucks Barista - Can I work from home? No

Boss asks them to come to office, How dare you!

None of those jobs require years if not decades of schooling or talent. It's stupid of you to compare them.

What the hell is a ‘main’

Np. ????

I think they mean 'maid'. Which all of us feds obviously have. lol

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. It’s never handled it. The commute was HELL. It doesn’t matter where you live, if you can’t walk to work, you are signing up for an hour long commute, minimum.

Like everyone else. Why should you be at home when others have to be in the office? You wanted a job in DC and a big house in Loudoun, so now you have to get over it and commute just like the rest of us. The influx of work from home feds drove Loudoun home prices up sky high, making it unaffordable for people with lower paying jobs, that are working outside their homes every day, paying for childcare, gas and all.

Why should you be in the office when others work at home? There are many WFH jobs. Why did you not choose to work in one? I don’t think ordinary Americans have much sympathy for people who made a personal choice to work at an office when they could have accepted another job. They’ll have even less sympathy for people who think their personal choice should dictate what happens at other people’s jobs. Are to sure you should be discussing this? Not a good look, IMO.

The endless tantrums from feds about — gasp — going into the office are what are “not a good look.” DP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Of course DC can handle it. Until the last few years, everyone went to the office 5 days a week. And, many private companies are not going back to 5 days a week. I know my law firm is staying at a recommended 3 days in office, although most people are back ~4. It will still be well below pre-pandemic levels. DC, metro included, will adjust, just like it adjusted down in the early days of the pandemic. 5 days in an office was the reality for many of us for decades of our working life. It is not impossible for people or for governments to handle this.

That’s not true. Remote work is not a new thing at all. Ask any employment lawyer when they started writing remote work policies for clients. There were remote workers in the 1980s.

My dad worked full time from home in the 80s. His own consulting firm. Drove to client offices as required.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Midtown NYC has higher occupancy levels than pre-covid and put in congestion pricing.

DC workers fail to understand is that 9-5 is min hours worked not work hours.

My old job people came in between 7-9pm and left between 5 pm and 8pm. We were all in the office 9-5. So commute spread out. Some worked long hours, others hit gym, ran errands, went out to drinks or dinner. NYC has operated this way for years.

Who takes care of the kids?

The wife, husband, nanny, MIL, Childcare, neighbor, to be honest who cares. Not really your bosses problem. Usually only one spouse did this the other was SAH or was like a teacher or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here a DC worker in a nutshell.

His Gardner - Can I work from home? No
His Main - Can I work from home? No
His Garabageman - Can I work from home? No
His Starbucks Barista - Can I work from home? No

Boss asks them to come to office, How dare you!

My job is spreadsheets. How is that different in the office?

Irrelevant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. It’s never handled it. The commute was HELL. It doesn’t matter where you live, if you can’t walk to work, you are signing up for an hour long commute, minimum.

Like everyone else. Why should you be at home when others have to be in the office? You wanted a job in DC and a big house in Loudoun, so now you have to get over it and commute just like the rest of us. The influx of work from home feds drove Loudoun home prices up sky high, making it unaffordable for people with lower paying jobs, that are working outside their homes every day, paying for childcare, gas and all.

Why should you be in the office when others work at home? There are many WFH jobs. Why did you not choose to work in one? I don’t think ordinary Americans have much sympathy for people who made a personal choice to work at an office when they could have accepted another job. They’ll have even less sympathy for people who think their personal choice should dictate what happens at other people’s jobs. Are to sure you should be discussing this? Not a good look, IMO.

The endless tantrums from feds about — gasp — going into the office are what are “not a good look.” DP

oh shall we all do little dances and end with a bow and curtsy so we can have a 'good look' for you, nameless rando?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NOPE!

And anyone FORCED back into the office just because and not for slacking off DO NOT BUY ANY LUNCH, COFFEE, GAS, SHOPPING of any kind anywhere, DC/MD/VA. Remember the DC mayor wanted everyone back in just for $$$$$.

F THAT.

CALM DOWN, BECKY, BEFORE YOU POP A BLOOD VESSEL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. It’s never handled it. The commute was HELL. It doesn’t matter where you live, if you can’t walk to work, you are signing up for an hour long commute, minimum.

Like everyone else. Why should you be at home when others have to be in the office? You wanted a job in DC and a big house in Loudoun, so now you have to get over it and commute just like the rest of us. The influx of work from home feds drove Loudoun home prices up sky high, making it unaffordable for people with lower paying jobs, that are working outside their homes every day, paying for childcare, gas and all.

Why should you be in the office when others work at home? There are many WFH jobs. Why did you not choose to work in one? I don’t think ordinary Americans have much sympathy for people who made a personal choice to work at an office when they could have accepted another job. They’ll have even less sympathy for people who think their personal choice should dictate what happens at other people’s jobs. Are to sure you should be discussing this? Not a good look, IMO.

The endless tantrums from feds about — gasp — going into the office are what are “not a good look.” DP

oh shall we all do little dances and end with a bow and curtsy so we can have a 'good look' for you, nameless rando?

Read the post I was responding to and come back. I’ll be awaiting your humble apology.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here a DC worker in a nutshell.

His Gardner - Can I work from home? No
His Main - Can I work from home? No
His Garabageman - Can I work from home? No
His Starbucks Barista - Can I work from home? No

Boss asks them to come to office, How dare you!

None of those jobs require years if not decades of schooling or talent. It's stupid of you to compare them.

What the hell is a ‘main’

Np. ????

I think they mean 'maid'. Which all of us feds obviously have. lol

My maid is working from home for sure because i haven’t seen her at my house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. It’s never handled it. The commute was HELL. It doesn’t matter where you live, if you can’t walk to work, you are signing up for an hour long commute, minimum.

Like everyone else. Why should you be at home when others have to be in the office? You wanted a job in DC and a big house in Loudoun, so now you have to get over it and commute just like the rest of us. The influx of work from home feds drove Loudoun home prices up sky high, making it unaffordable for people with lower paying jobs, that are working outside their homes every day, paying for childcare, gas and all.

Why should you be in the office when others work at home? There are many WFH jobs. Why did you not choose to work in one? I don’t think ordinary Americans have much sympathy for people who made a personal choice to work at an office when they could have accepted another job. They’ll have even less sympathy for people who think their personal choice should dictate what happens at other people’s jobs. Are to sure you should be discussing this? Not a good look, IMO.

The endless tantrums from feds about — gasp — going into the office are what are “not a good look.” DP

Time
Money
Health

All are important in life and the RTO robs feds of all three and that is the only point of it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. It’s never handled it. The commute was HELL. It doesn’t matter where you live, if you can’t walk to work, you are signing up for an hour long commute, minimum.

Like everyone else. Why should you be at home when others have to be in the office? You wanted a job in DC and a big house in Loudoun, so now you have to get over it and commute just like the rest of us. The influx of work from home feds drove Loudoun home prices up sky high, making it unaffordable for people with lower paying jobs, that are working outside their homes every day, paying for childcare, gas and all.

Why should you be in the office when others work at home? There are many WFH jobs. Why did you not choose to work in one? I don’t think ordinary Americans have much sympathy for people who made a personal choice to work at an office when they could have accepted another job. They’ll have even less sympathy for people who think their personal choice should dictate what happens at other people’s jobs. Are to sure you should be discussing this? Not a good look, IMO.

The endless tantrums from feds about — gasp — going into the office are what are “not a good look.” DP

Why are you digging through the thread and responding to week old posts? That’s not normal.