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Ask HN: What problems do you have with WFH?

#1
I have been tired of working from home for a good while now. I’ve felt like it hurt my productivity and I really couldn’t put my finger on why.

Just now while sitting in a meeting I realized a major issue is how difficult it is to know when people are speaking to me. When in-person, it’s immediately clear, because they’re looking at me when they speak.

What are your gripes with WFH? Do you feel it is holding you back? How do you deal with it? Are you going to RTO?

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#2
> I have been tired of working from home for a good while now. I’ve felt like it hurt my productivity and I really couldn’t put my finger on why.

Same, I just don't care about anything at work, and without any people around me I don't have a reason to pretend that I do.

In my next job search I'll be looking only at in-office jobs.

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> I have been tired of working from home for a good while now. I’ve felt like it hurt my productivity and I really couldn’t put my finger on why. Same, I just don't care about anything at work, and without any people around me I don't have a reason to pretend that I do. In my next job search I'll be looking only at in-office jobs.

I’m doing the same. After my year is up at my current job (I can’t quit because of the sign on bonus), I’ll be looking for something that is at least hybrid.

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#4
My biggest issue with WFH is that my employer won't commit to it fully. Meaning we're indefinitely WFH until we could be recalled to RTO without significant warning. Thus, I need to maintain a commute-ready vehicle, and live in a more expensive area so that hypothetically I could commute.

The actual work is exactly the same, but with fewer people disturbing me, a two hour shorter work-day (commute), and the ability to e.g. listen to music while I work, or have a TV show on in the background. Plus it has forced my managers to better define expectations because they cannot use nebulous "butt in seat" tracking.

I seem to get sick less (colds, flu, etc), my stress has never been lower, and communications with colleagues has improved as people have learned to use text-chat, and important meetings have a text transcript.

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> I have been tired of working from home for a good while now. I’ve felt like it hurt my productivity and I really couldn’t put my finger on why. Same, I just don't care about anything at work, and without any people around me I don't have a reason to pretend that I do. In my next job search I'll be looking only at in-office jobs.

so you want to go back to the office to pretend to care?
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