I hope work from home continues • Hacker News Board

Re: I hope work from home continues

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Post by benbristow » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 3:09 PM UTC

mikece wrote: post #6

While the cross-pollination of ideas from different teams and departments is lost, along with interesting and serendipitous discussions, I'm also in the boat of hoping I never have to go back to an office. Not having a commute, being able to spend more time with my kids, not eating less-healthy fast-food rather than home-cooked meals, being able to spend my (lunch) breaks working in my garden... I never want to go ba…

Lucky you. I live in a top-floor apartment so don't have the luxury of a garden and I'm isolated by myself as I live alone.

It's not the same for everyone.

Re: I hope work from home continues

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Post by PragmaticPulp » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 3:09 PM UTC

What kind of office was this person working in? Having to breathe jet exhaust fumes while suffering through 85 degree indoor temperatures and drinking algae-filled water is nowhere near normal.

The company he’s describing is severely broken if everything he’s describing is true. Most of what he describes are not normal office problems. Some of them are even health and safety violations. Working from home will only distance him from those problems, but it can’t fix an inherently broken company that doesn’t care about employees. He should be searching for another remote job ASAP

Re: I hope work from home continues

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Post by bluefirebrand » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 3:09 PM UTC

nomy99 wrote: post #4

Amazon is bringing back their office employees as the default operating mode; citing inefficiencies in the creative process. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/31/amazon-expects-some-employee...

Is Amazon really a model company?

With all of the horror stories about their warehouses I have to imagine the offices aren't great either. Like I would expect them to be as miserable as Amazon leadership thinks it can get away with.

Re: I hope work from home continues

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Post by mylons » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 3:09 PM UTC

The office is such an archaic appendage of manual labor and management’s desire to oversee and micromanage it.

Re: I hope work from home continues

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Post by nomy99 » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 3:10 PM UTC

Eric_WVGG wrote: post #9

nomy99 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sorry I don't understand. What beatings/punishments?

didn't read the article, huh?

I did, but it seemed like a personal rant so I didn't read every bullet.

Re: I hope work from home continues

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Post by mylons » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 3:10 PM UTC

benbristow wrote: post #11

mikece wrote: post #6

While the cross-pollination of ideas from different teams and departments is lost, along with interesting and serendipitous discussions, I'm also in the boat of hoping I never have to go back to an office. Not having a commute, being able to spend more time with my kids, not eating less-healthy fast-food rather than home-cooked meals, being able to spend my (lunch) breaks working in my garden... I never want to go ba…

Lucky you. I live in a top-floor apartment so don't have the luxury of a garden and I'm isolated by myself as I live alone. It's not the same for everyone.

That’s fine. Don’t make me come back to the office because you have undesirable accommodations.

Re: I hope work from home continues

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Post by jpm_sd » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 3:10 PM UTC

I've been 100% WFH for just over a year, and I'm really looking forward to /occasionally/ going back into the office. But certainly not every day!

Re: I hope work from home continues

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Post by avelis » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 3:10 PM UTC

peanut_worm wrote: post #10

My employer sold their office because they were saving so much money having everyone work from home

But are they passing on the savings to the employees? Not everyone has the same internet access or home office amenities.

Re: I hope work from home continues

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Post by meowzero » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 3:10 PM UTC

My boss remarked how surprised he was on how well our team worked remotely. But I suspect he'll want us back in the office anyway.

Re: I hope work from home continues

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Post by slingnow » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 3:10 PM UTC

Sounds like your issues are with your particular company and not with the office life in general. Life in my office is absolutely nothing like that and I don't dread the return at all. If my office were like yours I'd be job hunting almost immediately.

Not to mention the reasons towards the end started to become quite a stretch.