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> running on fumes I think management people are likely running on fumes … it's like the inverse of what introverts feel when they have to be in-office 5 days
by gffrd 6y ago
> running on fumes
I think management people are likely running on fumes … it's like the inverse of what introverts feel when they have to be in-office 5 days a week I suspect.
I'd add that the second take is also kind of outmoded, in that it assumes that mentorship, friendship, business opportunities must flow through your company. I've actually found more of this during the pandemic, and apart from my company …
True, serendipity (e.g. water cooler conversation) is harder in remote environments, but not unsolvable …
- raducu 6y agoIt's not (mainly) about introverts vs extroverts, it's about high status vs low status. I guess not having your ass kissed daily must feel like "running on fumes".
- gffrd 6y agoFair. My comment did imply that managers / those who feel "drained" by remote working are extroverts, which may be untrue. On that: I think extroverts can tend to derive value from external factors, which may make them more hungry for praise (especially public). (Edited because earlier version was murky)
- raducu 6y agoI'm sure the vast majority of managers are extroverts, and introverted managers would be more ok with remote-work.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y agoThe upper management folks also have big, comfy, quiet offices with floor-to-ceiling windows, and an assistant right outside the door to bark orders to. The people working in cubicle-hell or open-office purgatory generally aren't the ones clamoring to get back inside the building. If offices were redesigned to give more rooms with doors to the people who want them so they can do some quiet focused work, even if it's not an assigned space, I think you'd see much more eagerness to return.
- npsimons 6y ago> an assistant right outside the door to bark orders to. And that same assistant will screen time with the boss, something us plebs don't get.