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Our offices have been "open" but absolutely no one is going there. I actually wonder when people will start going back because it doesn't really make much sense

by Hamuko 7y ago

Our offices have been "open" but absolutely no one is going there. I actually wonder when people will start going back because it doesn't really make much sense to go there if no one else is there.

dariusj18 7y ago
The C level will instruct the managers to work in the office, then the brown nosers will follow, then everyone else will feel the need to ensure the brown nosers aren't given a leg up over them.
- Hamuko 7y ago
  We've always been able to work remotely at our own discretion though.
- trhway 7y ago
  >The C level will instruct the managers to work in the office, then the brown nosers will follow there is a risk that covid may turn that into a natural selection process ...
psalminen 7y ago
I disagree. If my office was open I would love to go in only if no one else was there. The benefit I get from an office is having a place designated for work. No people = no distractions
- Marsymars 7y ago
  Yeah, my office is in a commercial area next to my car dealership, Costco, grocery store, etc. so I go in once a week and get all my errands done at the same time - and the empty office is heavenly.
antaviana 7y ago
I started going to the office this week precisely because there is no one else. This way I walk while commuting and it is safer than home, where there 4 more people. If more people do it, I might reconsider it.
- Hamuko 7y ago
  >it is safer than home, where there 4 more people. Are you not going back home and spending a ton of time with those people in there?
  - antaviana 7y ago
    Yes, but since the time in shared spaces is much shorter the probability of transmission is also much smaller, also for them, as ther is less density at home. I do not mean is is 100% safe, but comparatively safer. If there were more people at the office, I would not do it, as I could be exposing my family. It is all about reducing density and contact.
acituan 7y ago
You are right, the individual propensity to go to the office is going to be highly sensitive to the number of people already going to the office. I believe this to have a steep s-curve shape; with little number of people at the office there is little incentive to show up. But after a critical threshold of office-goers, it will very rapidly be a career/productivity disadvantage to opt not showing up. Only thing that can change this curve is active office occupancy ceilings enforced by the company. Which kinda sucks, my employer might be good at writing web services, but how much do I trust them doing good epidemiology?

by Hamuko 7y ago

Our offices have been "open" but absolutely no one is going there. I actually wonder when people will start going back because it doesn't really make much sense to go there if no one else is there.

dariusj18 7y ago

The C level will instruct the managers to work in the office, then the brown nosers will follow, then everyone else will feel the need to ensure the brown nosers aren't given a leg up over them.

Hamuko 7y ago
We've always been able to work remotely at our own discretion though.
trhway 7y ago
>The C level will instruct the managers to work in the office, then the brown nosers will follow there is a risk that covid may turn that into a natural selection process ...

psalminen 7y ago

I disagree. If my office was open I would love to go in only if no one else was there. The benefit I get from an office is having a place designated for work. No people = no distractions

Marsymars 7y ago
Yeah, my office is in a commercial area next to my car dealership, Costco, grocery store, etc. so I go in once a week and get all my errands done at the same time - and the empty office is heavenly.

antaviana 7y ago

I started going to the office this week precisely because there is no one else. This way I walk while commuting and it is safer than home, where there 4 more people. If more people do it, I might reconsider it.

Hamuko 7y ago
>it is safer than home, where there 4 more people. Are you not going back home and spending a ton of time with those people in there?
- antaviana 7y ago
  Yes, but since the time in shared spaces is much shorter the probability of transmission is also much smaller, also for them, as ther is less density at home. I do not mean is is 100% safe, but comparatively safer. If there were more people at the office, I would not do it, as I could be exposing my family. It is all about reducing density and contact.

acituan 7y ago

You are right, the individual propensity to go to the office is going to be highly sensitive to the number of people already going to the office. I believe this to have a steep s-curve shape; with little number of people at the office there is little incentive to show up. But after a critical threshold of office-goers, it will very rapidly be a career/productivity disadvantage to opt not showing up. Only thing that can change this curve is active office occupancy ceilings enforced by the company. Which kinda sucks, my employer might be good at writing web services, but how much do I trust them doing good epidemiology?