re: Company just gave 30-day notice about return to office

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Some employees do function better in an office setting due to household distractions.

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True, but there are many, many office distractions. You don't realize it until you work in a quiet office in your own home.

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You also don't realize the distractions of home when the family is around and there are things that need doing

Single or a couple with a significant other who works, that is a different story. Then just avoid the porn

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Your arse has been sitting at home for two fricking years and you’re just now being made to go back to work? And you’re bitching that you have to live a normal life again? I recommend you quit your job and go sit in a corner of your house waiting to eventually die. It’s obvious you’re no good to yourself or anyone else. If functioning in society as a normal adult is just too much for you.

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Why so angry? This thread is about how office work has evolved. It is pointless to “force” a butts in seats culture at this point for many people. We have been “living life” since this whole thing started, your POV on this is noted, but silly and frankly…worthless.

Working from home doesn’t mean “sitting on my arse” anymore than being in an office. You do realize not everyone is out there digging ditches, right? Aren’t people in offices mostly sitting on their arse? Have you ever worked in a office? 99% of people have headphones on and barely interact.

I went back to the office May 2020. Resumed travel within driving distance, which was essentially VA to FL. We had 6 plants in the region and our R&D that I visited. I sat on my arse a lot while driving, I guess?

I changed jobs to a company that was already remote. I have NEVER had to go into the office, as about 50% of our staff.

I am in consumer products. I visited over 200 retail locations this holiday season alone. I visited vendor offices. I can take calls with customers and vendors ANYWHERE. I have very little need to be in the office, at all. None. If anything, being in the office disconnects me from being able to be where I need to be.

I can ring my entire team with the click of a button. I can message them. We can work in the same document. We can write on a whiteboard. We can see each other. We can interact. It’s more efficient than being in an office.

It is worth noting that some roles are simply more productive working remotely. Some aren’t. It’s hard for some people to accept, because they are in roles that require you to physically be somewhere to push a button or scrub a toilet. That’s not what I do.

And the bonus? I actually get to interact with my kids. I see them off in the morning and pick them up in the afternoon. It’s awesome. And then I get back to sitting my arse at the desk and talk to folks from the west coast or FE.

It’s amazing…shockingly my phone works at home, I don’t require tech at the office.

I guess I can imagine the appeal of being stuck at home for the rest of my life, but I don’t want to.

Enjoy your zoom meetings and emails I guess

Quit being a poor and thinking staying is the burbs is ‘living’

Tell them to GTFO and you’re not budging