Ask HN: Who doesn’t want to go back to the office? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Who doesn’t want to go back to the office?

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Post by stunt » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 7:54 PM UTC

I don't want to go back. The toll of going back to office affects my life and literally my body.

I get things done much faster at home and I have lots of energy and extra time left for myself and my family. Commuting was a waste of time and energy. So much unnecessary overhead and stress going to the office every day.

I do like the idea of meeting my co-workers from time to time, but I definitely wouldn't want to go back to the office on daily basis.

I heard some people struggle with their productivity or loneliness. We should research and find out the causes and help them to get over it, or give them the option to work from the office. For some people it's perhaps as simple as bad habits or bad home office setup. For others it might be lack of enough space, or having too many kids around.

Re: Ask HN: Who doesn’t want to go back to the office?

#152

Post by stunt » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 8:03 PM UTC

cm2012 wrote: post #147

jasonpeacock wrote: post #34

Firstly, I won't be convinced that we've beaten the pandemic and recovered until we get through a major holiday without a surge. If we make it through January after both Thanksgiving & Christmas/New Year's (with all of the travel and open-for-business states) without a 5th wave (or whatever the next surge is by then), I'll finally start relaxing and think about going back to the office on some sort of schedule. Until…

If you're personally vaccinated it kind of doesn't matter if there's another wave amongst the unvaccinated, no? Plus tech workers probably have a 90% Vax rate.

I have cautiously considered at least two more years of dealing with pandemic in all my plans because we can't confidently say anything now. We're still learning how long COVID-19 vaccines protect people which has a direct impact on how long it will take to get rid of it properly.

Re: Ask HN: Who doesn’t want to go back to the office?

#153

Post by decafninja » Sat, May 01, 2021, 12:17 AM UTC

uhhhd wrote: post #109

me_me_me wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Assuming 261 workdays in a year, I will save 783 hours a year. I get over a month of my life back. You can also save days by brushing teeth while pooping. But on more serious note. I never liked this kind of an argument/math, its not like you will magically get a 13th month in a year by not commuting. That said 3hrs commute is crazy, I did it (3.5hrs of total daily commute) as a teen during a summer job. I leant th…

Ok, I chuckled. But it's actually true. Time is finite and time not spent sitting on a commuter train or waiting for subways is time that used for other things. And I agree 3 hours a day is NUTS, but unfortunately pretty common in large metro areas.

3 hours commute is probably very common if you're working in Manhattan (NYC) which is probably the biggest concentration of tech jobs in the Northeast. Most Manhattan workers don't actually live in Manhattan or even NYC.

I'm not sure what traffic/commute patterns are like in the SFBA, but some of my friends/coworkers who've left NYC for SFBA seem to love their new commutes. Well, as much as one can like a commute anyways.