Nobody. Join an exercise group 3x a week afterwork. Work friends are never real friends anyways.
I don't think it's nobody. The latter is a great idea, though. It's been difficult to think about with COVID, but worth a shot.
Ask HN: Who's sick of remote work?
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#12Sure the problem isn't the long hours preventing you from spending time with people you would prefer over co-workers?
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#13For me, the order of preference is:
1) fully remote
2) hybrid
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10) full-time in the office
Yea I miss the office interactions, but not to the point where I’d want to go back in full-time.
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#14I love it.
I made a rule of not taking my work laptop outside of my desk. Previously, I was working from my couch and even my bed.
I’d also recommend taking an hour of lunch break to go outside (if possible).
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#15YMMV as always and your question makes you vary from my perspective already.
No I am not sick of remote work at all. I love it! My quality of life has improved many fold. No more commute means I get a lot more time on my hands to do the things that I'd otherwise not have enough time for or for which it would be too late in the day (think kids that need to go to bed shortly after everyone is home vs. having hours of time. Better sleep because we can sleep longer in the morning before everyone has to leave. Since I'm an introvert, no more draining office interactions. Even though as a manager I sit through lots of meeting in front of a screen, it's way less draining than doing it in the office.
Now as you can see from the above, I have lots of interactions still and part of that could be attributed to the fact that I have a bunch of meetings. Our company is pretty good w/ getting everyone to talk to each other and work with each other not just through text messages. Got a question? Quick call. "Team building" events chats on video, sometimes w/ games or food or just talk etc.
FWIW I do see the extroverts struggling but hey, us introverts struggled for decades before...
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#16Good god, not me.
I feel guilty saying that the pandemic has changed my life for the better in so many ways. Being fully remote has given me an autonomy over my life which has led to a level of happiness I've never known before. Having the details of my physical existence abstracted away from how I earn a living has been the greatest thing to ever happen to me. It allowed me to pursue so many things in life I had put off like building a family and friendships and focusing my life around things that really matter. I can't imagine ever going back to the way things were before, and I spend time literally every single day thinking about how lucky and fortunate I am to be in this position.
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#17Unpopular opinion, but I was not a big fan. It was mainly because my house lacked a dedicated, private office where I could work, compared to my real office.
My living space isn’t that big, but I’ve got a great office at the job. Big desk, big screens, giant whiteboard, and it’s just around the corner, so commute is minimal.
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#18Remote work doesn't mean stuck in your basement. Go work from Starbucks, spend a day at WeWork or other shared office space, apply as a non-degree seeking student at the nearest university and hang out on campus. The world is your oyster, provided you can keep normal business hours.
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#19Nope, don't ever want to go back to the office, except for monthly team lunches or something.
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#20I think what's really happening here is that most people, especially older men, are realizing how much of their social life is tied to work and going to the office. My advice is to get some hobbies, make some friends, join some groups. Even if you aren't willing to go out, finding groups and chatting online in a voice or video call is probably better than just sitting in your home alone.
This is where a lot of my friends split on remote work, albeit for a different reason. They often moved to new cities, so they built a life entirely around work.
I went back to my hometown, so I had a large social network there already. Co-worker events intruded on my time with them.