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re: Two Years Ago This Month: Work From Home
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:24 pm to Aubie Spr96
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:24 pm to Aubie Spr96
I made a choice to start going back in the office most days a week. It’s good to keep a routine. Also had my team come in one day a week for collaboration purposes and they liked it so much most of them come in 2-3 times a week now as well.
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Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:26 pm to Aubie Spr96
Yes, many of my employees, higher ups, and myself are ready to get back on the road and/or in an office setting. Biggest roadblock at this point is adjusting back to lower margins due to increasing travel expenses. The last 2 years have been tremendous to our bottom line (and top but that's a different thing.) But for all the reasons you stated, we are moving back to on site activities (NHO, training, events, and service delivery.) We'll have much fewer road warriors than we did for all the years before covid as our travel will never go back to normal. But some variation is sorely needed.
What does your company do?
What does your company do?
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:27 pm to Tiger Ugly
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Human nature, you work from home unsupervised efficiency is going down. May be a few rare exceptions - but those are very rare.
You couldnt be more wrong if you tried.
To me, it seems like you are projecting since maybe YOUR efficiency goes down when working from home…. But in most cases, in my experience, and in studies ive seen (no link)- the opposite is true, less time is wasted on in-office meetings and the ‘coworker interaction’ (ie screwing off) in the office that so many seem to love.. productivity usually goes way up at home .
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:27 pm to Aubie Spr96
There is no way i would be able to stay focused working from home.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:29 pm to Aubie Spr96
I like having my well-equipped office and support staff nearby and whatnot.
However, I've never really missed the "culture" of the office or thought the relationships have suffered. I go get drinks and do events w/ my partners with regularity anyway.
A bad culture is obviously a problem. But the absence of workplace culture, as in employees being autonomous and productive and well-compensated with mutual appreciation going in both directions even without celebrating Susie's birthday or having a catered lunch and learn - suits me just fine.
However, I've never really missed the "culture" of the office or thought the relationships have suffered. I go get drinks and do events w/ my partners with regularity anyway.
A bad culture is obviously a problem. But the absence of workplace culture, as in employees being autonomous and productive and well-compensated with mutual appreciation going in both directions even without celebrating Susie's birthday or having a catered lunch and learn - suits me just fine.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:36 pm to Pettifogger
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I like having my well-equipped office and support staff nearby and whatnot.
However, I've never really missed the "culture" of the office or thought the relationships have suffered. I go get drinks and do events w/ my partners with regularity anyway.
A bad culture is obviously a problem. But the absence of workplace culture, as in employees being autonomous and productive and well-compensated with mutual appreciation going in both directions even without celebrating Susie's birthday or having a catered lunch and learn - suits me just fine.
To me, there is a clear "cut the bullshite" aspect of working from home. What do I have to do for my job so that I can be successful? That's what I do.
I've had quite a bit of practice with doing a degree that was entirely online for the past 3 years. It makes you really assess your day when there is nobody breathing down your neck wanting you to get things done. If you wake up and you can't seem to get your job done, maybe that's a sign you should look for a different role. I'm not thrilled with the work I do, but I understand that the means justify the end in such a manner that it would be foolish for me to not try my best. It's much easier to be a depressed in-office drone if you're actually in office. Once you are home and you see the multitude of other things you could be doing and instead choose to do those things, that's where the issues begin.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:37 pm to Aubie Spr96
WFH has its benefits and there are quite a few, but I’m a social person so I do miss the office interaction every now and then.
On slow days, it is really nice to start a Teams meeting with myself and change my status to available to avoid my laptop locking just so I can watch tv/play video games though.
On slow days, it is really nice to start a Teams meeting with myself and change my status to available to avoid my laptop locking just so I can watch tv/play video games though.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:37 pm to Pettifogger
I'm in IT and also head quartered in Birmingham.
My company is trying to push to go in 2 days a week minimum. It's completely pointless. Half my team is in another state. Everyone I meet with is in another state.
When I do actually go in, I sit huddled in my office on teams calls anyway. It makes more sense to stay home for my team.
My company is trying to push to go in 2 days a week minimum. It's completely pointless. Half my team is in another state. Everyone I meet with is in another state.
When I do actually go in, I sit huddled in my office on teams calls anyway. It makes more sense to stay home for my team.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:39 pm to Aubie Spr96
I love WFH but it definitely requires discipline and a good routine.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:41 pm to Tiger Ugly
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Human nature, you work from home unsupervised efficiency is going down. May be a few rare exceptions - but those are very rare.
bullshite. In my office people did jack shite and tried to look busy. Now they don't have to try to look busy. They are still doing their same jobs and meeting their same deadlines and getting the same job done, for the most part.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:41 pm to Aubie Spr96
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Frankly, I can't stand it much longer. Anyone else in this boat?
Opposite. I love it and don’t want to ever go back
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:44 pm to LSU Coyote
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LSU Coyote
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I need attention
Lol!
Troll game: 10/10
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:45 pm to Aubie Spr96
3/21/2020 - Got sick and was tested for COVID. Quarantined for 2 weeks. On the day I was supposed to be released from quarantine, I got my test result (positive). I was the first person at my workplace to catch it.
We had already started transitioning to work from home on 3/16 and had moved to TEAMS for video conferencing in January 2020, so it was pretty seamless. I would not return to the work site full time until August 2021.
I still have 5 direct reports working from home. They can do everything they need to from there, their productivity has increased since working from home, and they don't want to come back to the site.
We had already started transitioning to work from home on 3/16 and had moved to TEAMS for video conferencing in January 2020, so it was pretty seamless. I would not return to the work site full time until August 2021.
I still have 5 direct reports working from home. They can do everything they need to from there, their productivity has increased since working from home, and they don't want to come back to the site.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:46 pm to Midget Death Squad
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How else will the secretary get filled?
I think I've seen that in a movie once or twice
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:46 pm to Aubie Spr96
I’ve been working for myself out of a home office since 2002 and absolutely love it. Gives me so much flexibility with my family.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:47 pm to fallguy_1978
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We went to flex about 6 months ago with currently no plans to ever go back full time in my department.
I could go in every day if I wanted to but it would be pretty pointless since my building is mostly empty most days.
I like flex and think it's probably an ideal mix for me.
Same with me. Went in Yesterday for first real Mandatory meeting in 2 years. Saw people i hadnt seen in 2 years. Had a great time. Now do i really want to see them everyday again? Nah
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:48 pm to Midget Death Squad
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100% work at home is terrible for socializing and interacting with people
All just depends. My company JUST went hybrid/WFM for anyone that can. I fall in that category. I have spent 5 days in office in the last 6 weeks. Love every second of working from home.
That being said for socializing my kids play baseball and we are at the park a combined 3-5 times a week for games/practice. I prefer that form of socializing over chatting with coworkers i only have work in common with.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:49 pm to Aubie Spr96
I've said it before but the damn WFH crowd has become more insufferable than the teachers coming back from summer break.
There is a lady on my FB feed that was in full melt down mode about having to return to work. The horror! having to put on actual clothes and get up and go to work. I don't know how she'll ever cope.
There is a lady on my FB feed that was in full melt down mode about having to return to work. The horror! having to put on actual clothes and get up and go to work. I don't know how she'll ever cope.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:51 pm to Aubie Spr96
I’ve been back at the office since August 2020
Posted on 3/24/22 at 12:51 pm to Tiger Ugly
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Yep, the precedents set at the start of this were dangerous and far reaching in their implications. The workplace environment just one area of that. in my business there a still folks working from home totally unnecessarily as all around them everyone else is back at work...that type of thing causes issues.
Human nature, you work from home unsupervised efficiency is going down. May be a few rare exceptions - but those are very rare.
This is some pretty old school mentality.
Most companies (schools aside in this, that's a whole different beast) found an uptick in productivity in work from home. A good portion of IT folks work from home and did long before COVID. There'll always be some jobs where you just can't do WFH, but there are a ton that you can.
Don't be mad that workers have gotten a taste of not having to put up with your shitty work environments. Do better and folks might want to come back to your office.
This post was edited on 3/24/22 at 12:52 pm
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