I will always prefer to work from home
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I will always prefer to work from home
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#2Agree on all points in the article.
One of the most underrated features of WFH is my own private bathroom. This is something I would never have at the office.
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#3I liked this post. A lot of the pros/cons resonated well with me. Going to save this for anytime some corporate person tries to "enlighten" me about the benefits of workers returning to the office.
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#4I feel these discussions always go the same way. Working at an office sucks because of some combination of {long commute, open office plan, team not being there}. I quite like going to the office myself because my situation is the opposite: I bike to work, where I have my own office, and my team likes to come in too. Hating the office is totally justifiable given that my setup isn't common; most people are forced to deal with crappy built environments.
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#5It always confused me that we would sit in these large offices together, chatting with each other on Slack. It was like the idea of working from an office had greatly outlived its utility following the development of the internet, yet nobody got the memo until the pandemic forced it into our conscious awareness.
I will never go back to an office again.
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#6I feel these discussions always go the same way. Working at an office sucks because of some combination of {long commute, open office plan, team not being there}. I quite like going to the office myself because my situation is the opposite: I bike to work, where I have my own office, and my team likes to come in too. Hating the office is totally justifiable given that my setup isn't common; most people are forced to…
Yes! This! I think anyone would not mind the office if they werent treated like cattle.
I dont think people dread going back to the office. People dread going back to the open office.
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#7Yes great points. But most WFH advocates forget to talk about juniors or people who are just starting their careers or people who just cannot wfh effectively. The article talks about Management's arguments against WFH but fails to mention any of the points I mentioned.
The best solution in my opinion is hybrid especially for juniors and I will die on this hill.
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#8The underlying thing here, like in so many cases, is coercion: we should structure workplaces and workforces to treat people well (and optimize for their long-term productivity), rather than squeezing them for short-term outcomes.
Whether that means working from home or an office depends on the person, but the corporate policy is the same regardless: let people work where they do their best work.
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#9Does your team use Slack (or something similar). Don't you get random pings, mentions or calls for help/input. Is there an expectation around for you to respond within a short period. I have been 100% WFH since last 5 years and I am only productive after 5 pm.
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#10I understand why these get posted. But not everyone is in the same situation as the author.
I can bike to work, I'm extroverted, and I like free coffee. So I go into the office 2-3 days a week by choice. I have no on-site requirement. I also get quite depressed in winter working in my cold basement office with a space heater :(
But that's just me. And I don't feel like I should force my WFH opinion on anyone else.