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When working from home is toxic

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Re: When working from home is toxic

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Post by CuriousCosmic »

xwdv wrote: post #15
vxNsr wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What’s the benefit of this?

It helps the professional remote workers with dedicated power user setups standout from the crowd.

It doesn't really seem beneficial. In the end all that actually matters is that the employee is sufficiently productive. There's no reason to needlessly gatekeep working from home. Everyone works differently so whatever standard that gets set might work for a few people but be less beneficial for others and basically useless for another group.

Do we really want SWE interviews/applications to get more toxic than they already are? On top of quizzing for largely non-pertinent academic knowledge, wasting people's weekends with no-pay projects to "judge their work", and other arbitrary BS do we also want to tack on a qualification for getting hired being that your home is structured in an employer approved way?

Re: When working from home is toxic

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Post by MattGaiser »

probably_wrong wrote: post #21

> My concern with such a chart is that not everyone has a home office that looks as good as a traditional workplace. In addition, interruptions happen at home too and chatting with coworkers is not a problem per se. I wish every person arguing for or against home office would open their comment detailing what their home setup looks like. As someone living in an apartment with no backyard and a small desk placed in th…

I can see a large split based on this. One of the things I don't want about going back to the office is going back to a crappy chair that does not fit me well (I am rather tall). I have gotten used to having a headrest. But if I were using a wooden kitchen chair all this time, that office chair might be quite nice.

Re: When working from home is toxic

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Post by [deleted] »

stank345 wrote: post #19

Getting back to working from the office last week has done wonders for my mental health. I went from being locked up for a year WFH with my wife and kids in a small row home working out of my goddamn basement to actually being able to concentrate in a beautiful, still-mostly-dead office with a view. There's an exercise room on my floor that no one uses so it's basically my private gym. I can chat a bit with the few c…

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Re: When working from home is toxic

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Post by cortesoft »

xwdv wrote: post #15
vxNsr wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What’s the benefit of this?

It helps the professional remote workers with dedicated power user setups standout from the crowd.

I don't think the issue is that people are hiding the fact that their WFH situation is not ideal. The people who have crappy WFH setups are quick to tell everyone. They aren't trying to get away with working from home, they are asking to work from an office.

Even if you have this WFH certification like you talk about, that isn't going to tell your employer much. Some people will have great WFH setups and not be very productive, some people will have bad setups and do great work. The only way to see which is which is to observe their productivity. Certification won't help.

Re: When working from home is toxic

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Post by tokai »

okareaman wrote: post #33
nubb wrote: post #26

These articles are so low quality. Some ppl WFH better, some ppl prefer an office. This isn't ground breaking philosophy and the endless articles repeating the same basic idea is just boring now. /rant

It's getting to be the new tabs vs spaces argument

A recurring argument where one side is delusional and wrong, while the other is right?

Re: When working from home is toxic

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Post by aj3 »

nubb wrote: post #26

These articles are so low quality. Some ppl WFH better, some ppl prefer an office. This isn't ground breaking philosophy and the endless articles repeating the same basic idea is just boring now. /rant

Moreover, some prefer both. I know because I am one of them.

Really enjoyed the opportunity to wfh before the pandemic and am really excited about the office now. I guess I just like the change of the scenery.

Re: When working from home is toxic

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Post by fartcannon »

barbazoo wrote: post #39

I think we've established now that WFH is either the best thing that ever happened to you or complete misery. It 100% depends on your home, your mental health, your social life, your own needs, etc. Whatever your preference, it's ok and you don't have to justify that preference.

Well, no, quite a few people do have to justify their experience as they're likely being railroaded by their organization back into the office.

These articles and comments are people figuring out their true feelings. Justification of preference is currently vital.

Re: When working from home is toxic

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Post by m3kw9 »

It’s toxic for some.

An office space, desk, power, AC, coffee provided by your employer is nice if you can’t get a decent one yourself. It’s all trade offs between travel, free time, quiet space, social.

Re: When working from home is toxic

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Post by izzydata »

Soon my company will be switching to 3 days in the office being mandatory with 2 days being optional in office or at home. I suppose just having all 5 days being either one would be best, but it's an ok compromise.

Re: When working from home is toxic

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Post by motohagiography »

Tangentially, can we anticipate a spike next year in family home sales inventory as they get sold because post-lockdown couples are divorcing?

From a macro view, a lot of things that have been postponed for 18-24 months will likely happen all at once. Given the trajectory to normal, whatever that was, it will have been almost 2 years of artificially suppressed volatility in a lot of places, and a lot of stuff is going to roar back.

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