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I went to the office to work the other day for the first time since February 20th, 2020. It was great. So quiet, open, well lit, great and comfortable desk and

I went to the office to work the other day for the first time since February 20th, 2020. It was great. So quiet, open, well lit, great and comfortable desk and chair, .. Obviously, I could improve my home office, but in reality my home office is taking space that I otherwise was using before 2/20 and now there's a whole space in my home that is allocated to being a work station instead of what it was before. A few other people came in, and it was great to talk in person in front of a giant whiteboard.

dboreham 5y ago
I can't think of a single job I've had where the lighting, desk and chair were remotely as good as I have at home.
- ketzo 5y ago
  That’s fair, but I think you have to acknowledge that the total opposite will be true for many, probably most, people. There’s a reason that “stop working at the kitchen counter” is, like, its own cottage industry of online writing. People mostly have really bad wfh setups, even people in tech.
  - mikro2nd 5y ago
    Not sure... It seems likely to me that people who've been forced to work from home during the Covid pandemic tend to have crap office-space because it's only temporary. In contrast, people who have made a conscious decision/choice to work from home (as I've done for over 25 years, now) proceed by setting up a proper work space. (Along with developing good work-hygiene like keeping office hours sharply separate from personal time, keeping work in the office and not letting it spill over into the lounge, kitchen, etc.) Main point: there's a marked (mental, emotional) difference between "this is a temporary emergency" and "this is the way I work (forever)".
- faangthrowawa 5y ago
  I used to flat share in London with some other people in tech. Pandemic WFH setup was the taking turns on the one couch (and floor) for a long time.

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I went to the office to work the other day for the first time since February 20th, 2020. It was great. So quiet, open, well lit, great and comfortable desk and

by foobiekr 5y ago

dboreham 5y ago
I can't think of a single job I've had where the lighting, desk and chair were remotely as good as I have at home.
- ketzo 5y ago
  That’s fair, but I think you have to acknowledge that the total opposite will be true for many, probably most, people. There’s a reason that “stop working at the kitchen counter” is, like, its own cottage industry of online writing. People mostly have really bad wfh setups, even people in tech.
  - mikro2nd 5y ago
    Not sure... It seems likely to me that people who've been forced to work from home during the Covid pandemic tend to have crap office-space because it's only temporary. In contrast, people who have made a conscious decision/choice to work from home (as I've done for over 25 years, now) proceed by setting up a proper work space. (Along with developing good work-hygiene like keeping office hours sharply separate from personal time, keeping work in the office and not letting it spill over into the lounge, kitchen, etc.) Main point: there's a marked (mental, emotional) difference between "this is a temporary emergency" and "this is the way I work (forever)".
- faangthrowawa 5y ago
  I used to flat share in London with some other people in tech. Pandemic WFH setup was the taking turns on the one couch (and floor) for a long time.