The worst part of working from home is now haunting reopened offices
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Re: The worst part of working from home is now haunting reopened offices
#2Not opposed to the office myself, "new" offices are nowhere what the glory of the old office days.
One hybrid day in the office meant none of the familiar faces also shared the same areas.
Instead I saw one maybe two familiar faces and the rest of the empty office was a doldrum of emptiness.. The undependable nature of the new "who's on first" office musical chairs is gaudy. It's a mishap waiting to happen, and there are no world expert managers who also have experience re-engaging a whole new social scene in a post apocalyptic world of the empty office space. Drudgery is the new office scene... Blehhh
Re: The worst part of working from home is now haunting reopened offices
#3Somebody save me a click, I’m not wading through that.
Re: The worst part of working from home is now haunting reopened offices
#4Somebody save me a click, I’m not wading through that.
> a lot of people who have returned to their offices for some or all of the week have found that they’re the only ones there, or others are staying isolated in their offices, and all communication still happens over email, Slack, or Zoom. As a result, they’re spending time commuting to and from the office and dealing with all the hassles of in-person work but without any of the promised payoff.
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#5Same experience as me, went in nobody was there. Spent day doing the exact same thing as at home with a different view and extra 50 minutes of driving. Did not go in again.
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#6I actually kind of like when I go into the office and nobody is there. It's the least distracting possible work environment.
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#7Our return to the office has been back and forth for various reasons, but the ultimate goal is that everyone work in the office every day. But in an effort to make commuting easier, we are opening satellite offices in the metropolitan area...which (when all satellites are open) scatters teams between up to four offices. So nearly all of our meetings will be via Zoom, even if team members are "in the office."
I don't want to criticize too much, because I work for an otherwise great employer, but this decision just has me shaking my head.
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#82 hour commute! Is that typical in the USA? Is it necessary? Preferable?
My bike ride to my office is 10 minutes. I miss my commute.
Re: The worst part of working from home is now haunting reopened offices
#92 hour commute! Is that typical in the USA? Is it necessary? Preferable? My bike ride to my office is 10 minutes. I miss my commute.
It is not typical. The average commute is closer to half an hour.
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#10Same experience as me, went in nobody was there. Spent day doing the exact same thing as at home with a different view and extra 50 minutes of driving. Did not go in again.
It sounds like the commute is a big part of it.
My perfect commute would probably be a 10 minute bicycle ride, or maybe a short train ride.