3 ms·

I meet my friends for specific events (cycling, running, lunch, coffee, concert, theater, etc) lasting a few hours each on the weekends. I don't know anyone wh

I meet my friends for specific events (cycling, running, lunch, coffee, concert, theater, etc) lasting a few hours each on the weekends. I don't know anyone who wants to do those kinds of things on workdays, or to be "around" without a specific activity planned. It's something but it's still very little compared to working together.

mantas 5y ago
In my whereabouts weekday evenings is where the fun social stuff goes (well, used to before pandemics). Group rides, group runs, orienteering events, bar trivia nights... You get most attendants on weekdays since on weekends many people are out of town (family, summerhouses, etc) and/or go to full-day events. Theater performances or concerts are not uncommon on weekdays either. Touring artists just have to play on whatever day it turns out to be. Also, once remote working with lax schedules become the norm, more opportunities will come up. E.g. I fondly remember times when my friends' and mine schedules would click and we could do quick morning rides.
- closeparen 5y ago
  I think the problem is, since working fully remote means spending about twice as much time in formally scheduled meetings, and those meetings are significantly more draining on Zoom than in person, both I and the people I might socialize with feel a lot more drained at the end of the work day and less interested in doing anything non-vegetative. Previously we would go for dinner or drinks after work pretty often.
  - mantas 5y ago
    Does it? Or is it just some micromanagers who can’t let people go out of their sight? Having worked remotely for a good decade, I see no reason why remote requires more meeting. Currently I have a couple hours of meetings a week.
    - closeparen 5y ago
      Yes, it does. A bit late for the thread but here’s open source evidence from Microsoft. Our internal numbers are similar. > “People have 250 percent more meetings every day than they did before the pandemic,” says Mary Czerwinski, the research manager of the Human Understanding and Empathy group at Microsoft. https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/04/triple-peak-day-work-from-home/629457/ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/04/trip...

mantas 5y ago

In my whereabouts weekday evenings is where the fun social stuff goes (well, used to before pandemics). Group rides, group runs, orienteering events, bar trivia nights... You get most attendants on weekdays since on weekends many people are out of town (family, summerhouses, etc) and/or go to full-day events. Theater performances or concerts are not uncommon on weekdays either. Touring artists just have to play on whatever day it turns out to be. Also, once remote working with lax schedules become the norm, more opportunities will come up. E.g. I fondly remember times when my friends' and mine schedules would click and we could do quick morning rides.

closeparen 5y ago
I think the problem is, since working fully remote means spending about twice as much time in formally scheduled meetings, and those meetings are significantly more draining on Zoom than in person, both I and the people I might socialize with feel a lot more drained at the end of the work day and less interested in doing anything non-vegetative. Previously we would go for dinner or drinks after work pretty often.
- mantas 5y ago
  Does it? Or is it just some micromanagers who can’t let people go out of their sight? Having worked remotely for a good decade, I see no reason why remote requires more meeting. Currently I have a couple hours of meetings a week.
  - closeparen 5y ago
    Yes, it does. A bit late for the thread but here’s open source evidence from Microsoft. Our internal numbers are similar. > “People have 250 percent more meetings every day than they did before the pandemic,” says Mary Czerwinski, the research manager of the Human Understanding and Empathy group at Microsoft. https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/04/triple-peak-day-work-from-home/629457/ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/04/trip...