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Article doesn't speak for me. You extroverts will never drag me into an office again.

by optimalsolver 5y ago

Graffur 5y ago
I'm an introvert but like being in the office. I don't like the commute though so will try to maximize WFH.
- dannyw 5y ago
  Same. The cost is the commute, but the benefit is a relatively nice office where I can focus, meeting rooms, healthy and delicious lunch, and opportunity to talk to my coworkers if I want to. I like being at home, but I also like not being at home. Even if I'm just working by myself.
  - Tempest1981 5y ago
    > nice office where I can focus A nice contrast to the frat-house bullpen of many offices. It's like trying to study for an exam while your roommates are having a party. "Oh, just wear headphones."
enriquto 5y ago
Your words do not correspond to my experience either. The extroverts of my job seem to do fairly well doing WFH, they are able to chain their 1h meetings without pauses in-between, and fill-in their whole time doing extrovert stuff. But not me. I'm a hard-core introvert, and the lockdown has been a nightmare to me! I've felt completely isolated and sad, can't get anything done. Often I have to cancel zoom meetings because I'm so down that I cannot bear to talk to other people. At least going to a physical place with my colleagues forced me to dress and stand, and from that I could work, even if I didn't speak much. I don't think I would be able to survive another month working from home. Fortunately, it seems that in September we'll be able to go back to semi-normal.
- 0xbadcafebee 5y ago
  Don't make it someone else's job to take care of your mental health, man. If you feel that bad you need to deal with the underlying reasons why, not just run back to the office.
  - enriquto 5y ago
    I'm not asking anybody else to do anything, man. I was totally happy with my work and life before the lockdown, and the lockdowns changed that for the worse, much worse. You may say that I'm "crazy" if you want, but it's just my natural desire to want to be back to what it was like before.
DerekBickerton 5y ago
> You extroverts will never drag me into an office again. And people after tasting what working from home feels like, want to continue doing it: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/economy/articles-reports/2020/09/22/most-workers-want-work-home-after-covid-19 https://yougov.co.uk/topics/economy/articles-reports/2020/09...

Article doesn't speak for me. You extroverts will never drag me into an office again.

Graffur 5y ago

I'm an introvert but like being in the office. I don't like the commute though so will try to maximize WFH.

dannyw 5y ago
Same. The cost is the commute, but the benefit is a relatively nice office where I can focus, meeting rooms, healthy and delicious lunch, and opportunity to talk to my coworkers if I want to. I like being at home, but I also like not being at home. Even if I'm just working by myself.
- Tempest1981 5y ago
  > nice office where I can focus A nice contrast to the frat-house bullpen of many offices. It's like trying to study for an exam while your roommates are having a party. "Oh, just wear headphones."

enriquto 5y ago

Your words do not correspond to my experience either. The extroverts of my job seem to do fairly well doing WFH, they are able to chain their 1h meetings without pauses in-between, and fill-in their whole time doing extrovert stuff. But not me. I'm a hard-core introvert, and the lockdown has been a nightmare to me! I've felt completely isolated and sad, can't get anything done. Often I have to cancel zoom meetings because I'm so down that I cannot bear to talk to other people. At least going to a physical place with my colleagues forced me to dress and stand, and from that I could work, even if I didn't speak much. I don't think I would be able to survive another month working from home. Fortunately, it seems that in September we'll be able to go back to semi-normal.

0xbadcafebee 5y ago
Don't make it someone else's job to take care of your mental health, man. If you feel that bad you need to deal with the underlying reasons why, not just run back to the office.
- enriquto 5y ago
  I'm not asking anybody else to do anything, man. I was totally happy with my work and life before the lockdown, and the lockdowns changed that for the worse, much worse. You may say that I'm "crazy" if you want, but it's just my natural desire to want to be back to what it was like before.

DerekBickerton 5y ago

> You extroverts will never drag me into an office again. And people after tasting what working from home feels like, want to continue doing it: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/economy/articles-reports/2020/09/22/most-workers-want-work-home-after-covid-19 https://yougov.co.uk/topics/economy/articles-reports/2020/09...