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Anonymous wrote:If I had a job where going to the office and interacting with others made no difference in terms of doing the job or advancing professionally I’d look for another. Sitting in front of a computer in a makeshift office in my basement and having no human interaction all day besides my kids would depress and bore me to tears. It’s like you’ve decided to live like we’re in a pandemic for the rest of your life.

Some of us have hobbies, civic organizations, churches, etc where we get our interaction. You're not morally superior because you want yours through work.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of people are referencing 9 hour days, like this is the standard. I always thought 8 hours was the standard? My job is actually 7 hours per day, but I know that isn't super common. 9 hours seems like a lot.

8-5 is 9 hours.

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people are referencing 9 hour days, like this is the standard. I always thought 8 hours was the standard? My job is actually 7 hours per day, but I know that isn't super common. 9 hours seems like a lot.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

The boomer bashing is getting old.

Just admit that you want to work from home because it’s easier for you and enables you to slack off without fear.

Anonymous wrote:I just met my buddy for lunch and we were laughing about good old days of remote with our 2-4 laptops out making mad money,

Six paychecks each month was sweet. I will miss it. My SS was crazy as doing it three jobs at once!!

Isn’t that enough reason to stop WFH? No one cares if fired when you have back up jobs. And bosses are stooooopid. I had balls to fire two people for overemployment while I had 3 jobs. No patience as I need them to do their work as I got three jobs and can’t babysit

Anonymous wrote:If I had a job where going to the office and interacting with others made no difference in terms of doing the job or advancing professionally I’d look for another. Sitting in front of a computer in a makeshift office in my basement and having no human interaction all day besides my kids would depress and bore me to tears. It’s like you’ve decided to live like we’re in a pandemic for the rest of your life.

Anonymous wrote: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 wrote: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 wrote: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.

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Anonymous wrote:So I stopped WFH and one staff was gob smacked.

Was in my office like 3 hours on and off.

By end of day I discovered he started two side businesses, his wife is also WFH, he got two younger kids to get on bus, off bus and to make snacks and he has some medical conditions where he runs to doctor a lot during work day. Even more amazing his wife not only is full time WFH but also on side sells AFLAC.

He also moved cheap area two hours from work. Guess what he has 9 hours in office r everyday and four hours commuting. That is 13 hours a day. His pyramid is collapsing.

I am going to re-roll out hybrid and WFH after these free loaders are flushed out

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.

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

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Anonymous wrote:Because it's killing my marriage very slowly..... It is a big turn off seeing him lay around him bed all day

if he's laying in bed all day the problem is not work from home, it's not work at all and not even get out of bed.

+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.