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covid is over. it's been over the day we got something else we are supposed to be agitated about. at this point, it feels like a distant memory. nobody cares or

covid is over. it's been over the day we got something else we are supposed to be agitated about. at this point, it feels like a distant memory. nobody cares or pretends to care about it anymore. so why shouldn't we go back to the old normal?

happytoexplain 4y ago
"Why shouldn't we go back" doesn't have any more weight than "why shouldn't we stay". The old normal relies on the acceptance of a lot of life-time wasted and a certain amount of misery, and people were increasingly unwilling to accept it. The pandemic simply provided an impetus - that's all.
nimih 4y ago
It's possible that a lot of office workers have decided they have good reasons to prefer working from home beyond the highly contagious airborne disease. I know that I personally have, but further research is probably necessary to determine whether this is a widespread trend.
system2 4y ago
Most companies already realized remote working doesn't work out. Hard to admit but it is the truth.
watwut 4y ago
> so why shouldn't we go back to the old normal? Because we like the new normal.
c9da4a 4y ago
Living in a city is unpayable, roads are congested at peak hours, the environmental damage from commuting, etc
spaniard89277 4y ago
Ive got covid last friday at my office. Large gathering of people without proper ventilation. Now my company has to pay me while I'm laying in bed writing this as I'm not capable of doing much useful. Im not a dev but a technician, I just solve tickets throug a computer. We never were more prodictive not had so much income. What was the point? I won't sabotage this company but honestly, all companies doing this feel like they play their employees because they can. If they want to treat me like this, then I don't see why should care about the business and not try to game the system as much as I can. It's been hard because I have a work ethic, but cmon.
davesque 4y ago
Haven't you ever been forced into a situation that turned out to be better in certain ways? For many people, discovering the quality of life improvements afforded by remote work, that were forced on us by COVID, has been a blessing. Many have reasonably argued that there wasn't much loss in productivity compared with the huge boon in life satisfaction resulting from remote work. Your comment doesn't respond to the opposing view as though it could be reasonable.

happytoexplain 4y ago

"Why shouldn't we go back" doesn't have any more weight than "why shouldn't we stay". The old normal relies on the acceptance of a lot of life-time wasted and a certain amount of misery, and people were increasingly unwilling to accept it. The pandemic simply provided an impetus - that's all.

nimih 4y ago

It's possible that a lot of office workers have decided they have good reasons to prefer working from home beyond the highly contagious airborne disease. I know that I personally have, but further research is probably necessary to determine whether this is a widespread trend.

system2 4y ago

Most companies already realized remote working doesn't work out. Hard to admit but it is the truth.

watwut 4y ago

> so why shouldn't we go back to the old normal? Because we like the new normal.

c9da4a 4y ago

Living in a city is unpayable, roads are congested at peak hours, the environmental damage from commuting, etc

spaniard89277 4y ago

Ive got covid last friday at my office. Large gathering of people without proper ventilation. Now my company has to pay me while I'm laying in bed writing this as I'm not capable of doing much useful. Im not a dev but a technician, I just solve tickets throug a computer. We never were more prodictive not had so much income. What was the point? I won't sabotage this company but honestly, all companies doing this feel like they play their employees because they can. If they want to treat me like this, then I don't see why should care about the business and not try to game the system as much as I can. It's been hard because I have a work ethic, but cmon.

davesque 4y ago

Haven't you ever been forced into a situation that turned out to be better in certain ways? For many people, discovering the quality of life improvements afforded by remote work, that were forced on us by COVID, has been a blessing. Many have reasonably argued that there wasn't much loss in productivity compared with the huge boon in life satisfaction resulting from remote work. Your comment doesn't respond to the opposing view as though it could be reasonable.