I went to the office for the first time. I fucking hated it
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Re: I went to the office for the first time. I fucking hated it
#2I went to the office for the first time last week, and I loved it, but I think where I work has a better attitude towards people than where that guy works. Certainly my department does. I went back voluntarily, mainly to get out of the house, and TO wear real clothes again. Tshirt and shorts, but I feel more human than the pajama man I was for the past year. I hope that guy gets a new job!
Re: I went to the office for the first time. I fucking hated it
#3Some people like things.
Some people don't like things.
Can we just accept that different people are different and move on?
Re: I went to the office for the first time. I fucking hated it
#4> If you like/prefer going to the office that is fine. I am not trying to say we should all be remote. Companies should offer FLEXIBILITY to let employees choose where to work from.
That doesn’t work. I prefer working in the office, but only if the rest of my team is actually there with me. If some people are remote, then we have to do Zoom meetings, so I may as well be remote too.
Re: I went to the office for the first time. I fucking hated it
#5I've found the WFH debate to be a great proxy for finding people I definitely don't want to work with.
Everyone has a preference. But in my experience, the people that whine the most about having to go to an office are generally the people everyone wishes would stay home anyway.
Re: I went to the office for the first time. I fucking hated it
#6Some people like things. Some people don't like things. Can we just accept that different people are different and move on?
As long as it gets you a blog post.
Did you also notice how the TLDR is at the end of that whole rant?
Re: I went to the office for the first time. I fucking hated it
#7I've found the WFH debate to be a great proxy for finding people I definitely don't want to work with. Everyone has a preference. But in my experience, the people that whine the most about having to go to an office are generally the people everyone wishes would stay home anyway.
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Re: I went to the office for the first time. I fucking hated it
#8The sense of sitting in office is a tremendous waste of time and potential is inescapable.
I work in the engineering industry and am lucky enough that I get to have privacy and my manager is good. I ensure I do my work and well at that.
But I know friends in IT who absolutely loathe the feeling of being in a monitored jail cell.
Re: I went to the office for the first time. I fucking hated it
#9Some people like things. Some people don't like things. Can we just accept that different people are different and move on?
The problem becomes when one group unilaterally attempts to force an [arguably bad for certain demographics and teams] choice without giving options.
The way I see it the problem is that if you let people choose (no matter what, including 100% office or 100% remote), then it's fine.
Re: I went to the office for the first time. I fucking hated it
#10I've found the WFH debate to be a great proxy for finding people I definitely don't want to work with. Everyone has a preference. But in my experience, the people that whine the most about having to go to an office are generally the people everyone wishes would stay home anyway.
Or that's someone that spends 3h/day commuting