For those who are anti wfh, curious why you care?

[Anonymous]

I am not anti wfh but my office has mandatory in-person days and when one person is home on one of those days we then have to spend the first five minutes of each meeting logging into the zoom so that one person can participate, which is annoying. I also find that less informal mentoring happens when people are remote. That not probably not a big deal for the people on DCUM, but I do worry it could impact the careers of people just starting out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let’s say you go to a bar and is empty. Go to church and only one there, go to restaurant and you are only customer. It is weird.

Kinda same at work

Agreed ... It's weird and I don't like it. Work kind of sucks now that nobody comes in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These last four posters have got to be all the same person...

There is someone on here who keeps posting the same rant over and over about not being a team player if you work from home. I think a lot of the disgruntled posts are from them. And it’s so specific it sounds like it’s being written about one coworker in particular they can’t stand. So they want workplace policies to be governed by this grudge.

Utterly bizarre.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These last four posters have got to be all the same person...

There is someone on here who keeps posting the same rant over and over about not being a team player if you work from home. I think a lot of the disgruntled posts are from them. And it’s so specific it sounds like it’s being written about one coworker in particular they can’t stand. So they want workplace policies to be governed by this grudge.

Utterly bizarre.

A lot of posts have shared anecdotes from their work or their spouse’s work that show frustration with some work from home employees. On the last page, there was a post that discussed the impact of bad wfhomies on the company and coworkers. That seemed accurate to me.

Not sure if it’s the original poster or someone else, but someone repeatedly posts comments like the one I’m now responding to. In particular, the posts never address the issue, but attack/demean the poster, mischaracterize the earlier comments, or just deflect in general. It’s like an incompetent attorney is responding.

[Anonymous]

I have no problem if WFH equals actual work. We work 9-5 so if I message/call someone then I expect a timely reply/resolution. Those hours belong to work tasks. If that person is out driving Instacart or watching PreK field day, I'm twiddling my thumbs waiting for a reply and now my work is on hold. So WFH all you want, just be available to the people who are counting on you to do what you were hired to do!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have no problem if WFH equals actual work. We work 9-5 so if I message/call someone then I expect a timely reply/resolution. Those hours belong to work tasks. If that person is out driving Instacart or watching PreK field day, I'm twiddling my thumbs waiting for a reply and now my work is on hold. So WFH all you want, just be available to the people who are counting on you to do what you were hired to do!

Amen! If this is how WFH actually worked, we wouldn’t be having these discussions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let’s say you go to a bar and is empty. Go to church and only one there, go to restaurant and you are only customer. It is weird.

Kinda same at work

Agreed ... It's weird and I don't like it. Work kind of sucks now that nobody comes in.

You are confusing work as your social hour. I prefer when a restaurant is not busy and the rare occasion we go out, we go at off less crowded times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mentioned this thread to DH who supervises a lot of people (lawyers and support staff), and he shrugged and told me he had an employee who was supposed to be WFH and found out that instead of actually doing any work during working hours, they were driving for Instacart.

Another person with no shame about admitting publicly what a terrible manager they are.

RTO is not a fix for bad managers, but clearly a lot of people seem think it is.

This response is like blaming a woman who gets cat called for dressing provocatively instead of the guy for being a pig.

Dishonesty is the fault of the cheater. Not the one being cheated.

Try being a better manager.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These last four posters have got to be all the same person...

There is someone on here who keeps posting the same rant over and over about not being a team player if you work from home. I think a lot of the disgruntled posts are from them. And it’s so specific it sounds like it’s being written about one coworker in particular they can’t stand. So they want workplace policies to be governed by this grudge.

Utterly bizarre.

A lot of posts have shared anecdotes from their work or their spouse’s work that show frustration with some work from home employees. On the last page, there was a post that discussed the impact of bad wfhomies on the company and coworkers. That seemed accurate to me.

Not sure if it’s the original poster or someone else, but someone repeatedly posts comments like the one I’m now responding to. In particular, the posts never address the issue, but attack/demean the poster, mischaracterize the earlier comments, or just deflect in general. It’s like an incompetent attorney is responding.

I think you must be the aggrieved WFH hater that Jeff had already discussed once before, who is a relentless poster.

[Anonymous]

I care because I m a nanny and I’m tired of the kids behaviour being 30000x worse when the mum is around, the parents non stop messes all day long, micromanaging, and just being there all day long. Go back to work!!! Mon & Fri are the worst days because they are home. Can’t wait until they go back full time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I care because I m a nanny and I’m tired of the kids behaviour being 30000x worse when the mum is around, the parents non stop messes all day long, micromanaging, and just being there all day long. Go back to work!!! Mon & Fri are the worst days because they are home. Can’t wait until they go back full time.

It’s their house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I care because I m a nanny and I’m tired of the kids behaviour being 30000x worse when the mum is around, the parents non stop messes all day long, micromanaging, and just being there all day long. Go back to work!!! Mon & Fri are the worst days because they are home. Can’t wait until they go back full time.

It’s their house.

It’s my office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I care because I m a nanny and I’m tired of the kids behaviour being 30000x worse when the mum is around, the parents non stop messes all day long, micromanaging, and just being there all day long. Go back to work!!! Mon & Fri are the worst days because they are home. Can’t wait until they go back full time.

It’s their house.

It’s my office.

You don’t have an office. You work in your employers home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mentioned this thread to DH who supervises a lot of people (lawyers and support staff), and he shrugged and told me he had an employee who was supposed to be WFH and found out that instead of actually doing any work during working hours, they were driving for Instacart.

Another person with no shame about admitting publicly what a terrible manager they are.

RTO is not a fix for bad managers, but clearly a lot of people seem think it is.

You hear about an employee who was not doing their work and immediately blame the manager and not the employee?
And PP said the manager found out. You have no clue how long it took him to find out or what he did about it.

[Anonymous]

Looks like OP has been hard at work dismissing relevant feedback with more quips and one liners. See the last half dozen responses. Clearly, she’s not serious about this subject.