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Speak for yourself... I want to go back to the office. I would prefer some flexibility to work from home a day or two per week, but I enjoy the structure of wor
by dwaltrip 6y ago
Speak for yourself... I want to go back to the office. I would prefer some flexibility to work from home a day or two per week, but I enjoy the structure of working in an office as well as collaborating and socializing in person with colleagues.
Perhaps in the future that will change. But for now that is how I feel about the situation.
P.S. I didn’t read the article, so I can’t comment on that. I was just reacting to the ridiculous statement that no one wants to work in an office.
- globular-toast 6y agoSocialise in your own time. That's not work and you shouldn't be getting paid for it. I know people like to believe work gets done like the stock photos of diverse people in suits laughing. It doesn't. If work was about laughing literally anyone could do it. Many people go to offices every day and do literally nothing.
- throwaway53453 6y agoSorry, but no. Work is supposed to work for me, as well as me working for it. Some people might be fine with perfect compartmentalization of work, but I would find it soul crushing to just be a corporate machine for 8 hours a day.
- globular-toast 6y agoThen don't work for a big corporation. I work for a small company from home. My work is interesting and varied and I don't have the time to socialise, even if I wanted to. I get to spend more time with my family instead. My company does have an office, though, and I don't live more than an hour away. I will go into the office for some things, like whiteboard planning meetings, training and other things. It's going in every day for the very few times it's actually beneficial that I can't stand.
- kuschku 6y agoThen work part-time. Every second you're at work is a second you're a corporate machine. No wonder so many people don't get anything done, if they don't actually work the time they're paid to.
- anoncake 6y agoBecause working for hours without stopping for even a second is the most effective way of working?
- throwaway53453 6y agoExactly. I consider coffee breaks and the like to be a healthy part of work life balance. They stimulate new ideas and learning in a way that video conferencing does not. Software is not like back breaking warehouse labour (which I used to do). An unhealthy mind produces nothing but shit output. I chose my field specifically because it matters to me what I work on and doing it while being surrounded by great people matters even more. Not as a means to an end. That would've just left me bitter fourty years from now. I didn't even know software had big money until I joined the industry, which probably explains my whole philosophy WRT in-person work.
- fx32s 6y agonews flash, most people are paid per hour, not per work unit
- anoncake 6y agoYour own time, like lunch break?
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- TheButlerian 6y agoSuck dick, autist.
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- dwaltrip 6y agoI appreciate the thoughts, but I can assure you that your worries are misplaced. I get my work done just fine.
- globular-toast 6y agoThen why not just do all your work in a fraction of the time at home and use the time saved doing other stuff?
- dwaltrip 6y agoBecause I don’t want to? I’m enriching my life with these social experiences. Why do you care how I spend my time if I’m not harming anyone or failing to fulfill my responsibilities? It seems like you have a bit of an axe to grind here.
- globular-toast 6y agoYou are. People like you force people like me to come to work to entertain you.
- dwaltrip 6y agoWow, that's certainly one way to spin it. I don't care if you work from home, just don't force me to.
- globular-toast 6y agoYou do, though. You want to be social which mean you require other people to be at work with you.
- dwaltrip 6y agoThere are plenty of people who are interested in doing that. There isn’t a shortage.
- fx32s 6y agoGet off your high horse please. Many folks enjoy a social component while being productive instead of being a drone for 8 hours every day.
- globular-toast 6y agoGet off your high horse. Working without socialising all day is not being a drone.
- anoncake 6y agoWorking without (socializing all day) is doing your job. (Working without socializing) all day is being a drone. And likely not even doing your job any more effectively.
- globular-toast 6y agodrone (noun) - One who performs menial or tedious work. I don't know what point you are trying to make, but drone is not the word you are looking for.
- Ekaros 6y agoI would argue that for some of us it is. As a domain expert on security, I'm not directly member of the teams. Still at office, over hearing related discussions allow me to possibly help them or be aware of up coming things that I or my team(security) should be aware of and possibly track. This is certainly type of socialising that is work.