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For me my breaking point was in mid 2019 before the pandemic even started. I was a contractor at an F500 and had to be in the office one morning at like 8:30AM

For me my breaking point was in mid 2019 before the pandemic even started. I was a contractor at an F500 and had to be in the office one morning at like 8:30AM so I could attend an "All Hands" meeting. Sat in traffic for close to an hour just so I could drink shitty coffee while watching the VP's of this company jerk off to each other's accomplishments for 2 hours. I don't know why it hit me that day but I just felt sick of my time not being respected. Like yeah I get it if I have to be in early for a meeting that I have to take part in, but don't ask me to come in early so I can listen to things other divisions in the company did that have no bearing on my job (this place was a conglomerate so the other divisions were in totally different industries than mine). After that day I started to ask my team to work from home more and more. When I got sacked in March 2020 I took a remote job and have no plans to return to an office ever.

ryandrake 5y ago
If it was an "all hands" meeting, then I assume we're talking dozens, maybe hundreds of employees attending, with the vast majority of them not contributing/speaking. How do they know you attended? Couldn't you just skip it and come in later? We're all grown-ups and should have a good handle on what is really necessary for getting our job done, and have the good judgment to skip the things that are not necessary. I pretty much skip meetings where I have nothing to contribute and the world has so far not come to an end.
rpastuszak 5y ago
> so I could drink shitty coffee while watching the VP's of this company jerk off to each other's accomplishments for 2 hours. I made an all-hands meeting simulator to cope when we moved to Zoom: https://rafsters.itch.io/all-hands https://rafsters.itch.io/all-hands
HumblyTossed 5y ago
> Sat in traffic for close to an hour just so I could drink shitty coffee while watching the VP's of this company jerk off to each other's accomplishments for 2 hours. Ah, yes, the pep rallys. Didn't attend them in HS. Didn't attend them in college. Still don't attend them.

ryandrake 5y ago

If it was an "all hands" meeting, then I assume we're talking dozens, maybe hundreds of employees attending, with the vast majority of them not contributing/speaking. How do they know you attended? Couldn't you just skip it and come in later? We're all grown-ups and should have a good handle on what is really necessary for getting our job done, and have the good judgment to skip the things that are not necessary. I pretty much skip meetings where I have nothing to contribute and the world has so far not come to an end.

rpastuszak 5y ago

> so I could drink shitty coffee while watching the VP's of this company jerk off to each other's accomplishments for 2 hours. I made an all-hands meeting simulator to cope when we moved to Zoom: https://rafsters.itch.io/all-hands https://rafsters.itch.io/all-hands

HumblyTossed 5y ago

> Sat in traffic for close to an hour just so I could drink shitty coffee while watching the VP's of this company jerk off to each other's accomplishments for 2 hours. Ah, yes, the pep rallys. Didn't attend them in HS. Didn't attend them in college. Still don't attend them.