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The next step after having a preference is expressing that preference.
Expressing preferences is great! Why do you equate that to whining, though?
“ The company kept saying we will be more productive at the office. That's the opposite of what I am seeing. My team is now taking longer for cards, and the amount of time wasted in the office is ridiculous. The number of people, mindless walking around, chit-chatting in cubicles, going out for lunch/ coffee breaks just to fill in the time is a joke” You mean congregating like actual people. Not making snacks in your…
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There is no bondage but if you dont like the job, quit dont complain about it.
Why not complain and see if something can be changed first? Less work than rebooting your algo brain circuits with Leetcode.
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Then learn to socialize or get another job.
> Then learn to socialize or get another job. I rarely rant on hn or espouse strong feelings, but you've made a couple of dismissive comments like this so I'm afraid I've lost my composure. Socializing isn't the problem. The problem is an open office plan filled with constant noise, the stench of whatever the guy five desks over is eating for lunch, the music being played loudly through four different peoples' headse…
This reeks of bitterness and projecting.
I never claimed wfh is worse, to your suprise I actually prefer working from home.
If you do not like the environment you work in, adapt or leave. Or you know, complain about it on a programming forum, go on some sanctimonious rant, totally not childish.
“ The company kept saying we will be more productive at the office. That's the opposite of what I am seeing. My team is now taking longer for cards, and the amount of time wasted in the office is ridiculous. The number of people, mindless walking around, chit-chatting in cubicles, going out for lunch/ coffee breaks just to fill in the time is a joke” You mean congregating like actual people. Not making snacks in your…
Also some people like to do real work and deliver value instead of stealing time.
> If you like/prefer going to the office that is fine. I am not trying to say we should all be remote. Companies should offer FLEXIBILITY to let employees choose where to work from. That doesn’t work. I prefer working in the office, but only if the rest of my team is actually there with me. If some people are remote, then we have to do Zoom meetings, so I may as well be remote too.
I think we should all just switch jobs to remote companies if we like that and our company is not, and vice versa.
The saddest thing is the people giving him a hard time for "being entitled". How fucked have our mindsets been by decades of anti-union, anti-worker propoganda, elevating CEOs to philosopher-kings, that people argue for their own bondage?
Ah, young and childless.
Not sure how I feel about this, maybe flexibility is the real answer?
Some days I woke up and I don't feel like working from home. It feels good to go out and walk to our company's cool office. If I don't feel like it, then I'd just stay home.