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Seriously, how ignorant should company be to use phrasing like this? Any communication I have seen so far uses pretty neutral language like “return to premises”
by mynegation 5y ago
Seriously, how ignorant should company be to use phrasing like this? Any communication I have seen so far uses pretty neutral language like “return to premises”.
- lucasyvas 5y ago"Return to office" is the most common phrase I've heard. "Back to work", while possibly used accidentally by some, is an infuriating phrasing.
- dvtrn 5y agoI have to agree with the sensation of chagrin towards “back to work”; partially because is it feels like a loaded statement. Work never stopped for my org, we kept working, some of us worked MORE, a lot more, and saw no appreciable benefit from it other than being rewarded with more work still. So is it “back to work” or “back to the panopticon of the modern office and radar scope of the management class”? I cynically think it’s the latter, and it’s become a specific topic that I ask about in interviews. Remote-refusant companies: pass, remote-only companies: a bit better, remote optional or hybrid companies: let’s talk. I’d rather work for a place that treats me, the professional like a professional and gives me the choice and say in the matter.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoI would probably read it as back to the workplace and not be infuriated by it. If my employer does not believe we have been working this past 18 months I wish someone would have told me so I could have hiked the Pacific Crest Trail or taken up gardening full time.
- throwawayboise 5y agoI mean honestly, I haven't been working. I'd say I'm averaging 5 hours a week of productive time since March 2020. Nobody's watching, nobody cares. I'm supposed to sit in front of a computer 40 hours a week just to do it?