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My job doesn't have an office in town. If they start to insist I move to one of the cities they have an office in, I will refuse and they can terminate me if they want. I'm not doing it. If they open an office in town, I'll consider going in once a month or so
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> People who refuse to work from the office, even a few days out of the week, look like total snowflakes to me. What's "snowflaky" about not wanting to waste your personal time commuting? Until companies are paying for commute time and transportation costs, they can kiss my ass about returning to an office. It's always been bullshit, now it's just more obvious that its also unnecessary. So if you want me in the offic…
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> People who refuse to work from the office, even a few days out of the week, look like total snowflakes to me. What's "snowflaky" about not wanting to waste your personal time commuting? Until companies are paying for commute time and transportation costs, they can kiss my ass about returning to an office. It's always been bullshit, now it's just more obvious that its also unnecessary. So if you want me in the offic…
China is falling into recession. Europe is falling into recession. A Federal Reserve governor(Kashkari) is now expressing doubt that inflation can be reined in without triggering a recession. Stonks have recovered from the initial drop, but that is a familiar pattern in many previous stock bubbles before the market really plummets. Think really hard about switching jobs now. If you do, have liquid reserves to fall ba…
I know this isn’t quite what you’re meaning, but it sounds like you’re saying “don’t quit so they can fire you instead.”
If you quit you don't get EI, you don't get any kind of payoff from the company, and it looks worse than "I was let go due to company downsizing" when interviewing.
I take at least one interview a week on company time. Always be prepared to leave at the drop of a hat.
(I typically don't officially track work hours anyway (only informally for myself to keep track of my work/life balance), and just worry that I get my week's worth of work done. So I wouldn't even know how to do any extracurricular activity 'on company time'.)
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I know this isn’t quite what you’re meaning, but it sounds like you’re saying “don’t quit so they can fire you instead.”
If you're in a country with any kind of decent labour rights, getting let go is 100% better than quitting. If you quit you don't get EI, you don't get any kind of payoff from the company, and it looks worse than "I was let go due to company downsizing" when interviewing.
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I have a WeWork office, which I pay for with my own money. The change of scenery is nice, and I like commuting farther than 10 steps again, but what I really miss is being in one building with all my teammates. I cannot replicate that with a WeWork. I feel like I don't even know anyone in my company hired after March 2020.
My job doesn't have an office in town. If they start to insist I move to one of the cities they have an office in, I will refuse and they can terminate me if they want. I'm not doing it. If they open an office in town, I'll consider going in once a month or so
Once a month?? Why the office hate?
Commuting sucks, paying for parking sucks, shared kitchens suck, open floor plans suck, office politics suck, being at the whim of people "just dropping by your desk to ask a quick question" sucks. Getting sick all the time when people don't stay home and they spread it around the office sucks. No seriously, I haven't had a cold or flu since the pandemic started, I love not getting sick every flu season.
What is good about offices? Why do you like them?
China is falling into recession. Europe is falling into recession. A Federal Reserve governor(Kashkari) is now expressing doubt that inflation can be reined in without triggering a recession. Stonks have recovered from the initial drop, but that is a familiar pattern in many previous stock bubbles before the market really plummets. Think really hard about switching jobs now. If you do, have liquid reserves to fall ba…
You (nor anyone else) can forecast neither recessions nor 'stock bubbles'.
Otherwise they'd have already made a fortune in the financial markets.
Of course, a recession is always possible.