Same. Half the people we hired during work from home are remote (that was never allowed before). Now all meetings are on zoom and all conversations are on slack. Being in an office is beyond pointless. It wastes time, gas, etc. the main take away from the past 2 years is working in an office is beyond stupid (at least for certain careers like developers). I drive to work, communicate with no one except on the computer, then drive home. So so so stupid.
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#52This reminds me of the time about 7 years ago when my team (in Redmond, WA) wanted to send me to Beijing for a year. I didn't agree so they sent someone else instead. He spent most of the year living in Beijing and working with a team in Bellevue, WA.
Frankly that sounds awesome. Company paid opportunity to experience another culture in depth? Yes please!
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#53I recently spent a week in the office with my team. First time I'd had office time with any team since mid-2018. It was really, really, really nice. I've been a diehard work-from-home guy for ages. Why spend perhaps 10+ hours per week commuting? It's a productivity and environmental nightmare. But... sometimes? Yeah. It's nice to be in the room with other smart people, solving hard problems. I didn't realize I missed…
Those people have to be (labelled) smart , don’t they? I’ve noticed this as a very American thing to say on the lines of “I’m super excited to be here” :-)
Wtf are you on about
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
I did the same and it was as unbelievably worthless as I recalled from before the pandemic. You know what really stands out in the office? How sad it all is. The frowns on the subway, the fake smiles in the office, the pretending, the posturing. Bleh. I'm resigning.
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It's very likely you're the kind of person who makes everyone want to wfh.
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#55This reminds me of the time about 7 years ago when my team (in Redmond, WA) wanted to send me to Beijing for a year. I didn't agree so they sent someone else instead. He spent most of the year living in Beijing and working with a team in Bellevue, WA.
I once flew to Alberta, CA from New York to have a conference call with a team that was in another part of Alberta.
This is one of thise asinine things that I can't beleive though at the same time, I know you're telling the truth. Our world is so dumb sometimes.
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#56I recently spent a week in the office with my team. First time I'd had office time with any team since mid-2018. It was really, really, really nice. I've been a diehard work-from-home guy for ages. Why spend perhaps 10+ hours per week commuting? It's a productivity and environmental nightmare. But... sometimes? Yeah. It's nice to be in the room with other smart people, solving hard problems. I didn't realize I missed…
Those people have to be (labelled) smart , don’t they? I’ve noticed this as a very American thing to say on the lines of “I’m super excited to be here” :-)
It could be an example of Lake Woebegon effect[1], though I'm not sure that's the case here.
On the other hand, making broad proclamations about nationalities based on anecdotes has another name.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wobegon#The_Lake_Wobegon_...
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#58Often, we are made to come and sit on Zoom calls with masks on .
That doesn't sound fun. Find a new job? I can tolerate having to come into an office if that's part of the job - but it's either safe enough to do so without masks & zoom or it is not, and should still be remote.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
I did the same and it was as unbelievably worthless as I recalled from before the pandemic. You know what really stands out in the office? How sad it all is. The frowns on the subway, the fake smiles in the office, the pretending, the posturing. Bleh. I'm resigning.
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Maybe it’s due to working with people that want to go to work to work with people instead of working.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Those people have to be (labelled) smart , don’t they? I’ve noticed this as a very American thing to say on the lines of “I’m super excited to be here” :-)
It could be an example of Lake Woebegon effect[1], though I'm not sure that's the case here. On the other hand, making broad proclamations about nationalities based on anecdotes has another name. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wobegon#The_Lake_Wobegon_...
I've worked on a number of crap, toxic teams over 20+ years. This one's good.
I'm absolutely dumbfounded at the replies here. I make an offhand remark about my current team being a pleasure to work with, and I have multiple replies suggesting that there is something fishy afoot?
"The Lake Wobegon effect, a natural human tendency
to overestimate one's capabilities"
I've never ever had such absolutely bizarre replies on HN. I can't remember the last time I had such bizarre replies anywhere.