Why are ppl so jealous about WFH?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

What slack? The wfh people are more productive and getting shit done while the rto people sat in traffic or rode metro or took 90 minute lunches or whatever

[Anonymous]

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

This. Leave wfh people alone. Trumpets spin narratives that make wfh white collars the enemy

[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.

How do you know this? You are out of the house during those hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Never said that at all. Just countering the "woman's place in the house" comment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

How do you know this? You are out of the house during those hours.

NP. I know because some of my friends tell me this is what they do. I can't do this because I work in intel, and we have to be in the office. On the plus side, when I'm done with work, I'm done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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?

I heard from my SIL that her office is going back to pre-COVID telework. She is in HHS.

I’m not sure why there was so much hatred for govt employees. People seem to misunderstand how things looked pre-COVID. We have lots of friends, relatives and neighbors who are in non-govt jobs who are hybrid or 100% WFH. I WFH and I am definitely productive. I am not leaving my desk to go to school or run errands unless that can be accomplished on my 30 min lunch break which is impossible since I’m in the burbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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?

The whole point was to make people miserable so they would quit.

[Anonymous]

I don't get it either. I WOH but a good 1/4 of my company now WFH. As long as I can reach them when I need something and their managers manage their productivity and deliverables, who cares. I deal with several people who have dr appts and school drop off/pickup but those are blocked on their calendar and they are available otherwise and also work later/earlier to get individual work done. And we get to hire from a larger pool. But it does mean the job descriptions, deliverables etc are managed more carefully

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Picking up what slack?

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

Lol.

[Anonymous]

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

This ^^.

[Anonymous]

Forget Pre-Covid. Work really got lax and lazy starting around 1992.

In 1992 Levis created the created a trusty “Guide To Casual Business Wear,” and mailed the pamphlet to approximately 25,000 HR managers across the country. By1995, nine out of ten companies allowed their staff to dress casually in the workplace, either on an occasional or full-time basis.

We then had the start up boom or Internet Bubbly in mid to late 1990s where Black Hoodies and Turtle necks took over and WFH started taking off.

I had a Treo Smartphone in 2001 and a Thinkpad. I was allowed to dress down and pretty much the last walls went down.

I say it has been 25 years since an honest full day of work has been performed in America.

Covid was just the last straw of the end of hard work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Forget Pre-Covid. Work really got lax and lazy starting around 1992.

In 1992 Levis created the created a trusty “Guide To Casual Business Wear,” and mailed the pamphlet to approximately 25,000 HR managers across the country. By1995, nine out of ten companies allowed their staff to dress casually in the workplace, either on an occasional or full-time basis.

We then had the start up boom or Internet Bubbly in mid to late 1990s where Black Hoodies and Turtle necks took over and WFH started taking off.

I had a Treo Smartphone in 2001 and a Thinkpad. I was allowed to dress down and pretty much the last walls went down.

I say it has been 25 years since an honest full day of work has been performed in America.

Covid was just the last straw of the end of hard work.

Are you referencing yourself with this statement?

[Anonymous]

I have no issue with patent examiners working from home. They each have a quota of patent filings to examine and their output/results are closely measured.

[Anonymous]

I think they want women out of the workforce and the attack on remote work is one way to achieve that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Forget Pre-Covid. Work really got lax and lazy starting around 1992.

In 1992 Levis created the created a trusty “Guide To Casual Business Wear,” and mailed the pamphlet to approximately 25,000 HR managers across the country. By1995, nine out of ten companies allowed their staff to dress casually in the workplace, either on an occasional or full-time basis.

We then had the start up boom or Internet Bubbly in mid to late 1990s where Black Hoodies and Turtle necks took over and WFH started taking off.

I had a Treo Smartphone in 2001 and a Thinkpad. I was allowed to dress down and pretty much the last walls went down.

I say it has been 25 years since an honest full day of work has been performed in America.

Covid was just the last straw of the end of hard work.

What in the name of god are you babbling about? Nobody has done an honest day's work because...they're allowed to wear jeans?

Are you going to be the one to let my roughneck cousin know his two weeks straight of 12 hour days don't count as real work, or is there some magic to jeans that they only sap your productivity when worn in the office?