re: How many of you baws are still butts in seats every day at work?

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Hell I'm sitting here in my office at home in a tshirt and shorts, and haven't even bothered to take a shower yet. Waiting until I'm done messing around in the garden

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Going to the office was never really a burden to me because my commute is pretty short. I have a few coworkers that commute an hour one way so they save a ton of time and gas working from home more.

I've gotten used to it at this point and it would be an adjustment to go back 5 days per week. I think the hybrid setup for me is best though. I start getting pretty stir crazy after about 3 days straight at home.

Those that work remote:

How much weight (if any) have you gained?

Got a couple friends who have added 10-15lbs since WFH

I never stopped. My site has gone back almost entirely to butts in seats because we failed spectacularly at remote working.

I’ve shared this before but there are a tone of retirement age people still working. Had Covid not happened most of them would’ve retired two years ago. However once remote started there were a ton of people that just hung around and milked making full salary to sit at the house. As soon as the site went back to arse in seat, ton of retirements went through.

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How much weight (if any) have you gained?

Got a couple friends who have added 10-15lbs since WFH

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I gained about 10 lbs in the first 6 months of 2020 but I've lost it all at this point. It's easier to eat out less when you are home.

Never left my office.

People that have kids and want to work from home are bat shite insane

I went like 10 months without shaving. I keep a short beard so I knew it was pretty grey already but I looked like the damn Duck Dynasty guy when I let it go that long

it’s become much more relaxed since 2020. The expectation was at minimum 4 days in office and 1 day WFH before the scamdemic. Now it’s probably 2-3 days WFH and 2 days in office.

Not to mention with the amount of attrition we’ve faced management has decided it’s better to ease off WFH restrictions. “I might lose you to salary competition, but i won’t lose you to work/life balance”. Which for me personally has worked out great with kids.

Definitely happy about spending a few grand to upgrade my WFH/Office setup.

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How many of you baws are still butts in seats every day at work?

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*raises hand

I worked from home for 6 months, then went back to the office when everyone else was still at home, then others slowly started trickling back in.

Old job was still allowing people to WFH. New job everyone is back in the office.

I have worked from home now for 7 years. My boss wanted me to work from home so I could focus on what he pays me for instead of being "Mr. Everything" at the office (helping people with IT issues, etc).

I went home kicking and screaming thinking I would hate it, but other than not being around a few people each day to talk to, I have enjoyed it.

Our company is condensing around 30 floors to 9 to save on rent. No reason for us to be in the office if we are just as productive or more productive when working from home.