Reply to 1st day back in office, this is truly horrible

Forum Index » Jobs and Careers

Reply to "1st day back in office, this is truly horrible"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m sorry, OP, I really am. I’m saying this gently because I know it really, really sucks to have to return to the office, but you *need* to work on reframing the situation in your mind. You will have to adjust your bedtime. Try to do it gradually. Keep your bedtime the same on weekdays regardless of whether you’re staying home or going into the office. It’s cold and windy today, but overall, we’ve had a warm winter and it’s generally good to get outside for part of the day. Focus on solutions, not your feelings. How can you arrange to drink good coffee? How can you prep healthy breakfasts ahead of time? Bear in mind that the silver lining of a deadly worldwide pandemic was getting to work from home. That was the aberration. Returning to the office is the norm. Remind yourself that you were lucky to get to WFH for *years.* Find something you actually enjoy doing in 5 minute increments and do it while you wait for virtual meetings to start. If you keep stewing about how miserable it all is, you will only feel worse.[/quote]

Why should a mind reframing be needed?

Are you compensating employees for commutes and all the money they spend on it? No? Then maybe the company needs to reframe their thinking of they're going to force emplyees unnecessarily into the office and aren't compensating employees for all of the personal time they burn getting to and from the office, and compensating employees for all of the money they spend unnecessarily in order to get to and from the office.[/quote]
Before the pandemic, it was understood that part of what they were compensating you for was to show up. They gave you a break on that due to the pandemic. They’re done doing that. You can perform your job within the parameters they set for the compensation they’re offering or you can negotiate for what you want or you can quit or you can be let go or you can quiet quit and see how long it takes them to play bad cop. Be as miserable as you want while this plays out.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics