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Are you complaining about working from home? If I never go back to the office I'm fine with it. Maybe it would help to work from a cafe, or even outside on a p

Are you complaining about working from home? If I never go back to the office I'm fine with it. Maybe it would help to work from a cafe, or even outside on a picnic table. You can tether to your phone. Of all the things I miss from pre-pandemic life, commuting in to the office is NOT one of them.

Steltek 5y ago
Yeah, actually. I biked to work. It was great exercise, physically and mentally. The change of scenery was a good shift and being downtown with lots of coworkers and people was invigorating. Biking was also pretty core to my identity. Not in a "spandex/lycra" way (don't own any) but it's probably one of the first things people would start with when describing me. Now that's all gone cuz I've got no where to go. A debate wouldn't be productive but let's just say a cafe or park is not a long term solution.
- maxerickson 5y ago
  Are you saying the debate would go in wider and wider circles, maybe meander around a bit?
- vmception 5y ago
  I actually am considering forming local only in person teams for tech projects/ventures, I think there is a market demand for it (and talent). That may just be a factor of my neighborhood, as many people that could re-locate, relocated to the same areas. Given all the commercial space available as companies vacated, its just the free market in action. What I'm finding is that people rejected one environment, but have not been given a framework to navigate an unstructured life. And like a familiar structure.
- newbie789 5y ago
  Can’t you just bike for recreation? Biking is both “core to your identity” but also something you don’t do unless you strictly have to?
- kevinmchugh 5y ago
  I know a lot of people who have biked or walked to start and the end work day, regardless of if they were working from home or an office.
- mrighele 5y ago
  Note that you can still bike to work: take your bike, drive halfway to you workplace, come back home and start working. For some person having a ritual marking the beginning and the end of the workday can also be useful to balance work and personal life. This doesn't help with missing the coworkers of course, but depending on what kind of job and where they live maybe something can be done about that too ?
- landryraccoon 5y ago
  I'm a biker too. I have more time for biking now that I'm not in the office - I can hop on the bike and choose a route in the morning before I start my day, or in the early evening after work is done. If anything, not being in the office should give you more time to exercise in the way you want to.
outside1234 5y ago
I want to go back to work "a little bit" - ie. once a week or so when we all rally there. I'm not looking for everyday, but one day a week would be nice to have more interactive discussions about the work that week etc.
sieabahlpark 5y ago
Not everyone has a bad office environment or commute they're trying to avoid

Steltek 5y ago

Yeah, actually. I biked to work. It was great exercise, physically and mentally. The change of scenery was a good shift and being downtown with lots of coworkers and people was invigorating. Biking was also pretty core to my identity. Not in a "spandex/lycra" way (don't own any) but it's probably one of the first things people would start with when describing me. Now that's all gone cuz I've got no where to go. A debate wouldn't be productive but let's just say a cafe or park is not a long term solution.

maxerickson 5y ago
Are you saying the debate would go in wider and wider circles, maybe meander around a bit?
vmception 5y ago
I actually am considering forming local only in person teams for tech projects/ventures, I think there is a market demand for it (and talent). That may just be a factor of my neighborhood, as many people that could re-locate, relocated to the same areas. Given all the commercial space available as companies vacated, its just the free market in action. What I'm finding is that people rejected one environment, but have not been given a framework to navigate an unstructured life. And like a familiar structure.
newbie789 5y ago
Can’t you just bike for recreation? Biking is both “core to your identity” but also something you don’t do unless you strictly have to?
kevinmchugh 5y ago
I know a lot of people who have biked or walked to start and the end work day, regardless of if they were working from home or an office.
mrighele 5y ago
Note that you can still bike to work: take your bike, drive halfway to you workplace, come back home and start working. For some person having a ritual marking the beginning and the end of the workday can also be useful to balance work and personal life. This doesn't help with missing the coworkers of course, but depending on what kind of job and where they live maybe something can be done about that too ?
landryraccoon 5y ago
I'm a biker too. I have more time for biking now that I'm not in the office - I can hop on the bike and choose a route in the morning before I start my day, or in the early evening after work is done. If anything, not being in the office should give you more time to exercise in the way you want to.

outside1234 5y ago

I want to go back to work "a little bit" - ie. once a week or so when we all rally there. I'm not looking for everyday, but one day a week would be nice to have more interactive discussions about the work that week etc.

sieabahlpark 5y ago

Not everyone has a bad office environment or commute they're trying to avoid