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There are a number of problems with WfH. There's no work community or camaraderie at home . Doggo should count. Kittah jumping on the keyboard is just using you for food and grooming. There's no grabbing lunches. There's no visiting X down the hall. No grabbing a beer after work. Boss G, H, or J can't see you around. Colleagues M, N, P, and Q don't have a sense of your performance or amount of work that happens far a…
There are a number of problems with WfH. There's no work community or camaraderie at home . Doggo should count. Kittah jumping on the keyboard is just using you for food and grooming. There's no grabbing lunches. There's no visiting X down the hall. No grabbing a beer after work. Boss G, H, or J can't see you around. Colleagues M, N, P, and Q don't have a sense of your performance or amount of work that happens far a…
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Why is that?
For us it was supposed to be a rotation, with people in on different days so you're still doing all your meetings on Zoom but now you need to drive an hour to do it.
Had to go in one day a week to spend the day on Zoom to the team overseas we where working with. Two to three hours lost a day commuting to use Zoom at a desk in the office instead of Zoom in my home office.
Ironically the days we where forced to go in where the least productive days as we’d catch-up with other colleagues, get coffees, get lunch etc. We looked busy though and that’s what the CEO wanted, it was a one day check in for all intent and purposes to make sure we where not slacking at home.
If most of employees hands in resignation notes; then the policy will be reverted as quickly as it was created. Unless whole management is toxic and they cannot survive without having ability to micro-manage and shoulder-peek all day long.
Which is why I'll be looking for a new remote job soon.
We are a cloud shop 100% remote and I can say we have been hiring some really good talent at the major companies just because of this.
Some people even accept a full pay cut for this.
Canada here: Not yet back in the office but plan is 2 days a week. Personally it seems like the worst of both worlds.
If it is your own choice though, its a different story.