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Sounds like you are in dire need of a break!
You're telling me!!
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I somehow don't feel sorry if overpaid tech workers, like me, have to buy a desk and chair. It's not like you need new office furniture very often.
I suppose I don't feel overpaid, given that I'm living in a 1BR apartment. And now with my office closed, I'm somehow supposed to find a dedicated space in my tiny-ass apartment where I can: a) Setup the same configuration of laptop, multiple monitors, a desk phone, and an Ethernet jack into my router. b) Sufficiently insulate the background noise on the hours of Zoom meetings I'm expected to join every day from my g…
But I'm not sure what you want done in the current situation?
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> collaborative work in "studios", basically reimagining the offices into collaborative/convening spaces that you go into from ~once/week to once a quarter depending on team/role. I’m forgetting their name for them, but IBM has been doing this for decades now. They buy up office space in every major city, and then, rather than permanently stationing any teams there, essentially make all such spaces into private-acces…
>They buy up office space in every major city, and then, rather than permanently stationing any teams there, essentially make all such spaces into private-access coworking spaces. Well, this makes sense, since IBM is effectively a consulting firm now. This is how all consulting firms operate -- there are tons of these all over the place in DC.
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"Remote-only cuts out the in-person experience entirely, which is problematic for building teams and culture" This is stated as fact everywhere but I've not seen supporting evidence anywhere. I spend about as much time in my day speaking to other people as I would have done productively and by choice before. The only difference now is that I'm more able to avoid extraneous meetings and other drags on my time that don…
What evidence do you seek? It is obvious to me that the way you interact with people face-to-face is different from the way you would do with online chat.
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I somehow don't feel sorry if overpaid tech workers, like me, have to buy a desk and chair. It's not like you need new office furniture very often.
Good luck if your a junior living in a studio apartment with no space to put a desk let alone have a spare room for office. Exactly why do you seem to be on the employers side here
In general, I think employers should provide some sort of outside-home working space once practical, at least for employees who didn't sign up to work remotely.
Working in an office will be a major competitive advantage in the years to come.
As someone who has worked from home for a decade, I predict a mental health apocalypse in the near future. Working from home permanently requires support infrastructure not everyone has access to. It also requires a different approach to work altogether which, again, not everyone is capable of adopting. If you have family, work from home is great. But if you're single, staying cooped up alone at home can be a disaste…
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Isn't that exactly what WeWork's business model was?
Sorta, but WeWork would be like a middle man parasite compared to leasing directly from the landlord. So not nearly as efficient.
As someone who has worked from home for a decade, I predict a mental health apocalypse in the near future. Working from home permanently requires support infrastructure not everyone has access to. It also requires a different approach to work altogether which, again, not everyone is capable of adopting. If you have family, work from home is great. But if you're single, staying cooped up alone at home can be a disaste…
Not to mention that some people, for financial reasons, must live in places far too small to spend their waking lives in along with their sleeping lives.