I truly do not understand the anti WFH sentiment
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Anonymous
Yet here you are. |
Anonymous
I work for an employer who has demonstrable metrics and we were all found to be more productive at home. They got rid of our office space even b/c it’s been such a cost savings, great for recruitment/retention, and management is happy about our work product. Of course not every job is amenable to WFH (or maybe should be hybrid and not fully remote). But if management is good and knows what they want to achieve, they can measure that and encourage employees to meet those goals. Also, if my boss wants me to get XYZ done and I can do all that while also throwing in a few loads of laundry and going for a run at lunchtime, it’s a win for all of us. |
Anonymous
OP - I work harder than almost anyone I know. regardless of location. bc i am normal! does not mean i cannot write a sentence during the day. |
Anonymous
are you the same 'I WOW for a living' person? you are wasting a lot of your company's time and money writing terrible clickbait linkedin style posts on dcum instead of thinking about your job, regardless of which location you are wasting it in. |
Anonymous
I mean obviously the side businesses are a bit sketch. But if he was previously hitting all work goals while also able to manage his chronic health issues and get his kids to school without needing to pay for before/aftercare, I’m not sure why you would care about that? It’s like some employers just want robots for hire and don’t even see their employees as actual people with their own personal needs. If he was a low performer then you have a substantive issue. But that isn’t necessarily due to WFH. |
Anonymous
+1 DH and I each have dedicated office space on different levels of the house. He is on calls more than me so tends to dress somewhat put together (like a nice Henley and chinos). I’m not on camera and tend to wrap up my day by 3:30 to get the kids from school and go to the park/play dates so I’m a bit more into athleisure/t-shirt dress/leggings and fitted top etc. But we always make beds, get dressed, and have ourselves and the house put together during the workday. Someone in bed all day sounds depressed, unambitious, or both. |
Anonymous
You need to still see humans but it doesn’t need to be during work. I walk to a coffee shop some days on my lunch break (or get in a run or group exercise class). I also walk to get my kids from school and we hit up the park or have playdates. They also have sports in the evenings. I no longer have a commute but I still get dressed and leave the house every single day (mostly on foot now instead of needing a car). This is why I thought it was silly when people said WFH would be the death of cities and close-in suburbs. In fact the opposite. Living close-in with lots to walk to and neighbors nearby has been a lifesaver. I can see how people could become depressed if all they ever did was work in their big house way out in the exurbs and never saw anyone on a regular basis. I used to live in a neighborhood like that farther out. The lots were bigger and more private. No one out walking except maybe a loop around the block on occasion. I had no idea some neighbors were alive except for their garage doors opening and closing. |
Anonymous
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11 pages of why boomers still can’t comprehend that some of us can do our jobs without having to sit in a cube or have small talk in the break room about sports or the weather.
As long as the work is getting done, none of that matters. |
Anonymous
Because only your work is getting done. You don’t see the work you are not doing. |
Anonymous
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I come into the office almost every workday (we are required to come in only 3, but most people in my office are only coming in maybe 1x/week), because I work more efficiently from the office.
I held it together when I was working from home a lot but my husband is there during the day and he manages to distract me. Which is nice for me but not as productive. So I go in. I don't mind others not coming in as much as I do or even as much as they're supposed to per the office rules set up. The only thing I do notice is there's a little less communication on the teams I'm on that is probably not great. |
Anonymous
Please stop generalizing age groups. I am older GenX but have many friends who are technically on the younger side of Boomers. At this point in our careers most of us much prefer WFH or a hybrid model with only occasional trips to the office. Productive people are productive regardless of where they perform their work. Conversely, slackers are slackers no matter the location. |
Anonymous
He is not meeting his metrics at all. Honestly too much distractions at home. He needs to sit at his desk 8 hours distraction free. His house sounds like a circus. I don’t WFH, my boss does not WFH so he is useless to me outside of 830 to 530 and at home he can’t focus |
Anonymous
We had this happen in the office too. Guy was doing tax accounting on the side, one had a real estate business another edited for a publishing company. |
Anonymous
So the problem is not meeting metric the other stuff is just noise. Could easily miss metrics in the office. |
Anonymous
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Work from home jobs will end up being entry level call center type jobs where key strokes and times on call and numbers of calls can be monitored.
These types of jobs can be outsourced to regions of the US with cheaper labor costs. Professional type jobs with advancement will require time in office. |