Now being called back into the office for 2 days a week

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Relearn workplace boundaries..
Downtowns are dying. Help the community and get out of your slippersocks.

What does "downtowns are dying" mean? Even when I was in office 5 days week I would pack my breakfast/lunch every day and most of my coworkers did the same.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because they have figured out your scam. I say this as someone who goes in 3 days a week where I'm much more productive.

bs I work more now that there isn't 10 people coming into my office to chat all day long or someone talking my ear off at the office kitchen.

Close your office door. And how often does someone "talk your ear off" in the office kitchen? I'm guessing once a mont, tops.

I don't have a door at the office.

You are also lying. I don't believe for a second that you are working more from home. You love to say you do though because it's a sweet gig.

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Are you somehow posting from 1980? Very few workers have offices anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don't like the feeling of wasting money paying rent, but can't get out of the lease.

But requiring people to come in leads to higher water and cooling bills.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get it. Why now? Politics? Why 2 days? They were telling us to clean out our offices that they're giving the space up now trying to call people back in. Just seems like a waste.

Why are there so many people crying about RTO? If you don't like it, then quit.

Seems like 1/2 the threads on this Jobs and Careers board are people whining about RTO.

Why? You're really asking that? Because people have a better work/life balance w/o a commute. And as long as they're going their work, who cares? The only places were WFH doesn't work are places with poor management.

And I'd turn around the question, why do people feel the need to be so pissed off by people being allowed to telework? It's like you get off coming on here to mock people who have to give up their balance? And that makes you a fuxxxing gross person.

Some jobs lend themselves to being done well remotely. The vast majority do not. We all like the idea of working from home because we don't have to commute and dress up. we also love to be able to slack off for a few hours and do our housework and have appts when no one is watching. No, people are not being gross for acknowledging that there is value in being in the office together. Maybe not full time but a hybrid schedule definitely helps productivity and team building.

Are you referring to office jobs? I ask because every single office worker I know spends most of their day on Teams. Even when in the office they are on Teams calls.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Relearn workplace boundaries..
Downtowns are dying. Help the community and get out of your slippersocks.

What does "downtowns are dying" mean? Even when I was in office 5 days week I would pack my breakfast/lunch every day and most of my coworkers did the same.

This this this. The two days I go in, I absolutely refuse to even buy coffee. I would have before as a nice treat and a break but now, I'm making a concerted effort to NOT "save" the downtown because it is not my job. I make a starbucks instant in the break room and wander around and have face time that they want so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't get it. Why now? Politics? Why 2 days? They were telling us to clean out our offices that they're giving the space up now trying to call people back in. Just seems like a waste.

If you're an individual contributor with 5-7+ years of experience and you don't want to manage people who are early in the careers then I think WFH is fine. If you have less than 5 years of experience, manage people who are starting out or early in their careers, or hope to manage people then WFH FT is not a good idea. Young people can't learn well in fully remote environments and managers can't manage well in fully remote environments. All of this is self evident but now that we have years of data companies are accepting all of this is true.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Relearn workplace boundaries..
Downtowns are dying. Help the community and get out of your slippersocks.

What does "downtowns are dying" mean? Even when I was in office 5 days week I would pack my breakfast/lunch every day and most of my coworkers did the same.

This this this. The two days I go in, I absolutely refuse to even buy coffee. I would have before as a nice treat and a break but now, I'm making a concerted effort to NOT "save" the downtown because it is not my job. I make a starbucks instant in the break room and wander around and have face time that they want so much.

You sound trashy and horrible. Please tell us how great your economically depressed community is in a few years. I'm sure it will do wonders for your property values. Maybe your company will move because the area is so bad and you'll have a longer commute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because they have figured out your scam. I say this as someone who goes in 3 days a week where I'm much more productive.

Not everyone is like this.

Even if there was less productivity, remote employees are in the long term going to be cheaper and more bang for the buck. Employers don’t have to pay DC salaries to someone in Missouri, and they don’t have to pay huge overhead in the way of offices and leases.

It will be great for the environment if we commute less, and great for our country if we are able to move anywhere and not just near the biggest cities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because they have figured out your scam. I say this as someone who goes in 3 days a week where I'm much more productive.

Not everyone is like this.

Even if there was less productivity, remote employees are in the long term going to be cheaper and more bang for the buck. Employers don’t have to pay DC salaries to someone in Missouri, and they don’t have to pay huge overhead in the way of offices and leases.

It will be great for the environment if we commute less, and great for our country if we are able to move anywhere and not just near the biggest cities.

Hope your kids enjoy Missouri then.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get it. Why now? Politics? Why 2 days? They were telling us to clean out our offices that they're giving the space up now trying to call people back in. Just seems like a waste.

If you're an individual contributor with 5-7+ years of experience and you don't want to manage people who are early in the careers then I think WFH is fine. If you have less than 5 years of experience, manage people who are starting out or early in their careers, or hope to manage people then WFH FT is not a good idea. Young people can't learn well in fully remote environments and managers can't manage well in fully remote environments. All of this is self evident but now that we have years of data companies are accepting all of this is true.

This is exactly right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Relearn workplace boundaries..
Downtowns are dying. Help the community and get out of your slippersocks.

What kind of response is this? How is that any ones problem?

[Anonymous]

Thanks to the election everyone's getting called back sept and Oct. Good luck for those getting the notice in the next few weeks!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because they have figured out your scam. I say this as someone who goes in 3 days a week where I'm much more productive.

I'm exactly the same amount of productive inside vs outside of the office. The time I spend chatting with whoever is in the office on the one day a week I go in, is the amount of time I'd be napping, cooking, doing laundry, etc. at home.

Well there's your answer. Chatting with your co workers can have some benefit - team building, collaboration, etc.

You boss doesn't want you napping, cooking, doing laundry on company time. And I don't blame them.

[Anonymous]

They dislike paying people to drive their kids to soccer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because they have figured out your scam. I say this as someone who goes in 3 days a week where I'm much more productive.

I WFH 2 days a week and go in 3 as well and I’m much more productive at home. Everyone. Is. Different.