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Working at home, the existential dread and feeling of meaninglessness in my tasks increased with remote work for a time, given my separation from the distractio
by anonymouswacker 7y ago
Working at home, the existential dread and feeling of meaninglessness in my tasks increased with remote work for a time, given my separation from the distractions of workplace politics, drama, etc. that pervaded office life.
It is hard to make connections with coworkers, and it is so important to build a social life outside of work if you do not have one.
I find I work less hours in front of the computer, accomplish more, and have to spend more time "screwing off" to fill in that void of losing office banter, work lunches with coworkers, etc.
- krel 7y agoVery interesting. Would you rather solve this by having a larger network of local friends, or by having better ways of doing office banter and informal interactions with your co-workers?
- anonymouswacker 7y agoI think it got solved on its own for me. Filling that void of social interaction can be taken as part of the time to adjust. I cannot imagine how the informal interactions with co-workers would happen remotely, but I work in an unimaginative bureaucracy where my co-workers are about twice my age. One idea that has been floated is meeting together for training with my teammates, but I have yet to meet anyone in six years -- even my boss.