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I feel guilty thinking it, but 2020 was good for me because it allowed me to work remotely. I enjoy my job, but the office is open layout and very social espec

I feel guilty thinking it, but 2020 was good for me because it allowed me to work remotely. I enjoy my job, but the office is open layout and very social especially with people that have been there awhile, unlike myself. So it's headphones on most of the time. Now with all communications online through slack it's been so much better. I now know what's going on in my larger team and we have a much better 'synergy'. Unfortunately we will be going back and I'll be back to the 90 minute commute, open layout and my headphones on. I really think a hybrid is the what to go. They already own the buildings and they are tight on space. So it works for them and for us it let's us get together and plan things out and then go do the work remotely without the distractions.

Volundr 6y ago
I don't think there is anything to feel guilty about. Just recognize you have good fortune not everyone has, and help those who don't if you can. I'm like you, I'm fortunate enough to work for a company who took Covid seriously and has gone 100% remote, in a market sector that's actually up due to Covid (grocery), so no fear of layoffs. When this is over, I hope we'll remember that those essential "low value" employees that we spend so much time arguing if they deserve a minimum wage or not were the ones out there every day exposing themselves cleaning the stores and restaurants, stocking our toilet paper, packing our Amazon orders, and generally keeping society functioning while "high value" employees like you and I got to hide away in our houses with minimal risk. Hopefully we as a society can see and that and reconsider if maybe, just maybe we're undervaluing these people.