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That's good to be back in the office. For me it's only a week to start feeling bad. Loneliness, the same walls I live with family, no colleagues around to talk

That's good to be back in the office. For me it's only a week to start feeling bad. Loneliness, the same walls I live with family, no colleagues around to talk to. That's not for me. Sometimes I prefer to work from home, because I need to run some errands, from home I have better control. Everybody should have an option, or possibility to work from home some days in a week. But nothing replace morning coffee in the kitchen with colleagues!

ipaddr 5y ago
I look forward to your post April 4 rant on traffic.
ryanSrich 5y ago
> Everybody should have an option This is actually a major red flag if I'm an employee. There's no half way with remote work. Either everyone, including execs, works remote, or no one does. I've been in hybrid situations and it's complete hell. My suggestion is pick what works best for you, and then find a company that's committed all the way to either one. For me, there's no amount of money that doesn't start with billion that could convince me to work in an office. I understand some other people are different, and they should find companies that support forced-commute co-located working.
- RC_ITR 5y ago
  > There's no half way with remote work. I’m sorry you’ve only been in toxic environments, but you really think “we are in office t-th” is impossible?
  - ryanSrich 5y ago
    Not impossible, but very unlikely → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30534756 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30534756
    - RC_ITR 5y ago
      I just really fail to comprehend why “5” is a perfectly feasible number of days in the office on a set schedule and “3” is a pipe dream. No one thought it was weird to close offices sat/sun, why would that change (now that we all have remote set ups by force)?
- darkwizard42 5y ago
  This is why the Google hybrid week seems to strike a good balance. It sets 3 days a week to be in the office and that gets set by your Project Area (Maps, Youtube, etc.). This way, EVERYONE is in the office on say Tu-Th and so work doesn't grind to a halt/get disrupted the same way.
manuelabeledo 5y ago
> But nothing replace morning coffee in the kitchen with colleagues! Isn’t this what “friends” are for?
- me_me_mu_mu 5y ago
  Not in the morning during work lol
- zaargy 5y ago
  Morning coffee at work is where you actually solve problems without managers butting in. You don't typically talk to friends about work as well.
  - manuelabeledo 5y ago
    > Morning coffee at work is where you actually solve problems without managers butting in. I don't know what kind of job you do, but I find this the symptom of a highly inefficient work environment.

ipaddr 5y ago

I look forward to your post April 4 rant on traffic.

ryanSrich 5y ago

> Everybody should have an option This is actually a major red flag if I'm an employee. There's no half way with remote work. Either everyone, including execs, works remote, or no one does. I've been in hybrid situations and it's complete hell. My suggestion is pick what works best for you, and then find a company that's committed all the way to either one. For me, there's no amount of money that doesn't start with billion that could convince me to work in an office. I understand some other people are different, and they should find companies that support forced-commute co-located working.

RC_ITR 5y ago
> There's no half way with remote work. I’m sorry you’ve only been in toxic environments, but you really think “we are in office t-th” is impossible?
- ryanSrich 5y ago
  Not impossible, but very unlikely → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30534756 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30534756
  - RC_ITR 5y ago
    I just really fail to comprehend why “5” is a perfectly feasible number of days in the office on a set schedule and “3” is a pipe dream. No one thought it was weird to close offices sat/sun, why would that change (now that we all have remote set ups by force)?
darkwizard42 5y ago
This is why the Google hybrid week seems to strike a good balance. It sets 3 days a week to be in the office and that gets set by your Project Area (Maps, Youtube, etc.). This way, EVERYONE is in the office on say Tu-Th and so work doesn't grind to a halt/get disrupted the same way.

manuelabeledo 5y ago

> But nothing replace morning coffee in the kitchen with colleagues! Isn’t this what “friends” are for?

me_me_mu_mu 5y ago
Not in the morning during work lol
zaargy 5y ago
Morning coffee at work is where you actually solve problems without managers butting in. You don't typically talk to friends about work as well.
- manuelabeledo 5y ago
  > Morning coffee at work is where you actually solve problems without managers butting in. I don't know what kind of job you do, but I find this the symptom of a highly inefficient work environment.