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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The best response I saw to this was that if your employees are spending 20 percent of their time on activities that "promote office culture," you should just institute a four-day workweek and you'd have the highest employee retention and satisfaction levels.    [/quote]

Amazing comment, standing ovation.

My thought when I read that 20% state was "Those extras are mostly done by the women in my office and that's exactly why so many women like telework.  We can just do our jobs and not have to be the office mom, also."[/quote]

Yes! That's exactly right. I also think this is a big reason that you see such a generational difference in demand for work from home. Older workers are often very happy with this arrangement (including the women) because it's what they know. But younger workers, and especially younger women, see what's happening and want no part in it. A lot of workplace dynamics are messed up, but older workers can't see it because they are just used to it. Younger people see it and want no part.[/quote]

Please, let's not start with the ageism -- it's such a tired and unimaginative way of looking at the world.  I'm 60 and have been teleworking for 20 years since my youngest child was born.  I really had to fight for this, but it's been worth it.  I don't have to do the bullshit parties, I don't have to waste time and energy commuting, and I don't have to waste money and time on accumulating an office wardrobe.  I'm cheering on these Washingtonian staffers -- of all ages.    [/quote]

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