2 ms·
I still find the replies to my personal experience very baffling. I didn't say what anybody else should be doing; I didn't present it as a universal truth. It
by JohnBooty 5y ago
I still find the replies to my personal experience very baffling. I didn't say what anybody else should be doing; I didn't present it as a universal truth.
It seems very clear to me that there is room for a variety of workplace types. Strictly in-office, hybrid, and strictly remote.
I said I enjoyed getting together with my coworkers; I also said my ideal situation would involve spending a majority of time remote.
- walls 5y agoRequiring any amount of office time completely eliminates the most meaningful advantages of working remotely.
- lumost 5y agoIs that really true? Even a quarterly offsite can be accommodated from almost anywhere on the world.
- zarzavat 5y agoIt’s loss aversion. Many people perceive office environment to be unpleasant for various reasons (long commute, psychopathic coworkers, noisy, lack of privacy) and so now they have tasted freedom they have a strong negative reaction to losing it.
- JohnBooty 5y agoI just said I enjoyed one week in the office. After four years. I'm not advocating for folks to stop working remotely. I'm not advocating anything. I'll certainly never share another personal experience on HN, that's for sure.
- ByteJockey 5y agoAt this point, the mere existence of the other group is a danger to what the first group sees as their interests. The human instinct is to minimize the other group, making their group appear larger, and strengthening the argument that their interests should prevail. Someone who wants to be completely untethered from the office is threatened by someone who wants to work in the office a couple days a week. It means they will have to choose between moving and having job prospects within a much smaller area.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]