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I am still working full-time remote. There are definitely some social aspects of going to the office I miss, but I really don't miss the commute or the shitty office politics. Overall I feel I am still more productive from home and happier overall.

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[–] Vagabond@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

ho ho hoooooo boy. My company forced some of us to choose what schedule we wanted coming back to the office. They sorted this by job titles. I just so happened to be one of the few jobs they were forcing to come back. I work in IT and I work with developers and project managers mostly in my day-to-day. I love WFH and I'm really not a fan of driving 20 minutes each way out of my way to go to an office and do things that I can do from home just fine. But the board is a bunch of super old dudes who demand that we do it because of the company's traditional values and culture. So naturally I chose the lowest requirement of days in the office that they offered. Get this, though. When it was first pitched to us that we were being forced to come back despite most of our peers getting to WFH, they said it was to encourage in-person collaboration. Motherfucker, the people I collaborate with daily (the aforementioned PMs and Devs) didn't come back! They are all WFH! I don't collaborate with a single person in the office ever!!

And to add to all this, the board has now been giving out hints that they aren't happy with how many of us chose the lowest number of in-office days for hybrid schedules, they expected us all to voluntarily opt for higher number of days, and they want us all to strive to come in more. Again, god dammit, why would you give us a choice of days if you already had a target in mind of what you'd prefer us to do?? Just make that target a requirement and deal with all of your employees hating you for it. Seeing the numbers of how many people don't want to be in the office should make you realize that you fucked up making us come back and be more lenient, not force us with an iron hand further into a schedule we all opted to avoid. Fucking insanity.

[–] Sendbeer@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@Vagabond

And to add to all this, the board has now been giving out hints that they aren't happy with how many of us chose the lowest number of in-office days for hybrid schedules, they expected us all to voluntarily opt for higher number of days, and they want us all to strive to come in more.

Going to just leave this here. It's amazing how on point that fucking movie is.

[–] Vagabond@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Wow that's really on the nose. I've had such similar conversations with higher-ups. Where they're kind of telling you off but technically you haven't done anything wrong, you just haven't bent over backwards like they wanted

[–] iLikeGoats@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Love this movie!

[–] Xeelee@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the dumbest aspect of the whole thing. Most of my meetings are still online and people won't come in for an in-person meeting even if they work in a building a few hundred meters away. Coming to the office is 100% pointless for me.

[–] iLikeGoats@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

This resonates with me for the times I have gone in the office.

[–] iLikeGoats@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sounds like all the old dudes were feeling lonely and just wanted some company. I will say that you are lucky to have a 20 min commute. When I was going in daily I, had a 90 min commute on public transportation. Yuck.

[–] Vagabond@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

That's true, I can't complain too much. It's literally one straight road the whole time too. If nothing else, it's nice getting to listen to music and podcasts

[–] thekernel@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

they boil the frog slowly