5 ms·
Just one person's perspective - but I completely agree with the idea of wanting to feel part of something and not getting that with 100% WFH. Most of us spend a
by suzzer99 4y ago
Just one person's perspective - but I completely agree with the idea of wanting to feel part of something and not getting that with 100% WFH. Most of us spend a good chunk of our adult waking lives working, we might as well try to make the time as fulfilling as possible. I get energized by being on a team and building something together. WFH is just not the same for me.
I know others can be fulfilled working from home, so I'm not advocating forcing anyone back into the office. But I could see a scenario where companies differentiate into pure wfh and 2 or 3 days/week in the office. I may be weird, but I would chose the latter, all other things being equal.
- tempest_ 4y ago"All other things being equal" is a massive qualification though. The reason people like WFH often begins and ends at "No commute". If your commute is roughly an hour you get 2 hours of your day back instantly. Tough sell for come into the office when the options are "feeling part of something" vs getting 2 hours of the day back.
- suzzer99 4y agoI listen to audiobooks in the car. So it doesn't feel like time wasted to me.
- newaccount2021 4y ago
- dchftcs 4y agoTechnically a safety hazard.
- Swizec 4y agoNow imagine if you could get the same 2 hours of daily audiobooking and it’s a workout or getting chores done. You can do that when you aren’t stuck in a car, activities.
- 8ytecoder 4y agoYou can still listen to audiobooks and walk your dog, do gardening or laundry or whatever else you want. All of which are more relaxing to me than driving in traffic - and that’s after the fact that I have a car I actually like driving.
- alvah 4y agoThis is where I think many people talk past each other in the great wfh debate. If your commute is an easy 20 minutes where you listen to a podcast or an audiobook, and you find collaboration easier in-person rather than via Teams, it's a completely different equation to an introvert with a 1 hour commute through gridlock. Personally my commute isn't too bad & I'm far more productive at the office, though I do appreciate the opportunity to work from home 1-2 days per week.
- mrep 4y agoOr you know, we live on the other side of the country and we don't want to have to pay 5x for a comparable home in commuting distance...