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Resentment from people who have been held mentally hostage by their socialite coworkers who wander around interrupting others for a significant portion of their

• JohnBooty 5y ago
  I enjoyed one single week of office work after four years of being fully remote, and plainly expressed my preference to continue being remote a majority of the time. I also don't interrupt others in the office, thanks very much. I've worked with those sorts of people (who hasn't?) and I resent them as well. You enjoy being remote 100% of the time? Cool. I think there is clearly room for a variety of employment arrangements: fully remote, hybrid, fully in-office (yuck). I think you should do what's best for you.
  • poink 5y ago
    That’s not how this works. There’s an extreme bias toward butts-in-seats. “Everyone should do what’s best for them” is a nice sentiment, but not how the world works at all. There are a lot of people currently enjoying remote work who are rightfully worried about being forced back to the office for what they perceive as zero benefit. I’m not one of them, but I get where they’re coming from.
    • JohnBooty 5y ago
      but not how the world works at all. Counterpoint: competition (and coexistence) between various approaches is most definitely how much of the world works, much of the time.
    • lumost 5y ago
      Companies succeed by hiring the best people and setting them up to do great work. I think the future in many large firms will be to pair full-time remote folks with others who enjoy full time remote. There are sure to be many hybrid and full in office teams as well. A similar transition occurred a decade ago when companies moved* offices to cities and away from suburban campuses. * for some definition of “move”