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The title of the article doesn’t really match the content. The article says 34% of workers want to go into the office 3-5 days a week. So very clearly you can l
by soared 5y ago
The title of the article doesn’t really match the content. The article says 34% of workers want to go into the office 3-5 days a week. So very clearly you can lure employees back.. because some of them do want to go back.
The article has stats about what we’re all assuming, namely employees want wfh and employers don’t. But in no way does it attempt to answer/justify the thought provoking question asked in the title.
How would I be lured back into the office? As a late 20s male in the USA I mostly miss the social aspect of work. I always had friends at work (despite what the grumpy people says about coworkers being friends), and I miss that. I left a job four years ago and still hang out all the time with those old coworkers.
I’d also like to not be held to specific hours or days. Breakfast and lunch would lure me in, along with high quality coffee. I don’t mind open floor plans, but do know most people don’t like them.
- sharadov 5y agoI miss the social aspect of work, as someone who took a remote job about 4.5 yrs back, I don't think most people who have only experienced it as a side effect of covid - realize how important it is for mental sanity. Yes, I like being at home too, but I would prefer hybrid, with no more than 1 to 2 days of working in the office.
- rabuse 5y agoThis is what weekends are for though. I've been remote pretty much my entire life, and still socialize a ton.
- dv_dt 5y agoYup - create a better work life balance. Work is not a substitute for a social life. Work less & socialize after hours and on weekends.
- sharadov 5y agoI have plenty of work -life balance, but I also moved while I was remote and it's hard to make friends in a new place. I made a bunch of friends at previous work places and if I had not moved - I would be hanging out with them.
- codegeek 5y agoBut that's your opinion and works for you. Why would you enforce your opinion on others ? Some people don't have a life outside work. It is a reality. Why shame them in "get a life" if all they want to do is to socialize a bit at work where they spend so much time.
- dv_dt 5y agoBecause it creates an environment to spend more time at work and can result in work that is less productive for everyone and less healthy.
- codegeek 5y agoAgain, an opinion which you are free to have but you cannot speak for others. Lot of people spend time at work and feel productive. When they go home, they are home. No laptop nothing in many cases. I would rather spend an extra hour at work than going home and again working.
- decafninja 5y agoOn the other hand, you can also argue that people who want to WFO to get their dose of social interaction are forcing those who would want to WFH to provide that dose when they would rather not. That seems to be the mismatch in many WFH vs. WFO vs. "do what you want" arguments. The people that want WFO need the majority of their coworkers to also WFO to get whatever benefit they derive from WFO. In a flexible setting where you can choose to WFO or WFH, what happens to the WFO person when the majority of their coworkers choose to WFH? On the other hand, the WFH person could care less if their coworkers are WFO or WFH.
- rabuse 5y agoGreat point.
- dv_dt 5y agoI am speaking for myself. Having many others working extra long hours to extend social time creates pressure on others that they need to do the same. I have worked in such an environment before and it’s a big negative. In my experience it also tends to make people plan less thoroughly because hey we’ll be in the office to fix any problems.
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- ykevinator2 5y agoYou nailed this I think it's exactly right.
- ghaff 5y agoThis is pretty much what I'm hearing even at a rather remote-friendly company. Most people have not up and moved away from where they were working--though I know a few who have. And pretty much every survey I've seen suggests that the most common behavior is going to be people coming into an office two or three days a week. Personally I've gone fully remote but that's what I was effectively (though not officially) pre-pandemic. I just never bothered to request a status change in the system.
- keewee7 5y ago>despite what the grumpy people says about coworkers being friends Why are Americans so hostile to the idea of being friends with coworkers? In Denmark it's pretty common to have a beer with coworkers on Fridays and have an annual "Christmas dinner" in December or January. Many workplaces also have an annual company party.
- soared 5y agoIt may be one of those opinions you always see on reddit, but isn't actually reflected in reality.
- ghaff 5y agoI don't see it as being "hostile to the idea of being friends with coworkers." I'm friends with quite a few current and former co-workers, mostly who weren't in a local office. It's more a pushback against the (perhaps mostly imagined) idea that people are arguing that social circles inherently revolve around work.