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Just spending 1 or 2 more hours with your family (rather than commuting) completely eclipses whatever subtle advantages an office can provide. And I feel sorry

Just spending 1 or 2 more hours with your family (rather than commuting) completely eclipses whatever subtle advantages an office can provide. And I feel sorry for anyone who would disagree with that.

Traubenfuchs 4y ago
I noticed that mostly men with children at home return to office, to escape their families.
- AussieWog93 4y ago
  Also worth noting that for a lot of men in particular, basically their entire social network consists almost entirely of current (and a few past) work colleagues.
- xyzal 4y ago
  Sometimes I do! For introverts, family life should come with a safety label.
chii 4y ago
> And I feel sorry for anyone who would disagree with that. each person to their own. Office, for those who love it, is fine - there's nothing wrong with wanting a social setting for work. The only problem is when such desire could prevent the WFH folks from getting what they want. Both _should_ be allowed to exist, and the workers choose for themselves without coercion or pressure.
mdmglr 4y ago
I feel sorry for anyone that has to live > 10 minutes away from the office. Before working from home full time I lived 10 minutes away from the office. If you do the math you have to compute the difference in rent/mortgage between a house 1+ hours away from work vs. 10 minutes then factor in driving that car, potential risk of auto accident, health issues due to added stress of leaving for work on time and driving with others...
NackerHughes 4y ago
Well that's all well and good for those of you who live with your families, or who even have family at all. For a lot of people, WFH means all the more isolation and loneliness, those fleeting moments of human contact becoming fewer and fewer. Think about it, spending most of your week all on your own in the same room, with no one and nothing to keep you company except your own thoughts and some bits of text on a glaring LCD screen. Humans weren't meant to live like this.
- swordsmith 4y ago
  > Humans weren't meant to live like this. I agree. It would do those people good to get a life outside of work...
  - mandrizzle 4y ago
    You work 8 hours a day though. Why be alone all those hours?
    - HTTP418 4y ago
      Who said you have to be. Working remote doesn't mean you have to be at home. Go to a coffeeshop, library, etc...

Traubenfuchs 4y ago

I noticed that mostly men with children at home return to office, to escape their families.

AussieWog93 4y ago
Also worth noting that for a lot of men in particular, basically their entire social network consists almost entirely of current (and a few past) work colleagues.
xyzal 4y ago
Sometimes I do! For introverts, family life should come with a safety label.

chii 4y ago

> And I feel sorry for anyone who would disagree with that. each person to their own. Office, for those who love it, is fine - there's nothing wrong with wanting a social setting for work. The only problem is when such desire could prevent the WFH folks from getting what they want. Both _should_ be allowed to exist, and the workers choose for themselves without coercion or pressure.

mdmglr 4y ago

I feel sorry for anyone that has to live > 10 minutes away from the office. Before working from home full time I lived 10 minutes away from the office. If you do the math you have to compute the difference in rent/mortgage between a house 1+ hours away from work vs. 10 minutes then factor in driving that car, potential risk of auto accident, health issues due to added stress of leaving for work on time and driving with others...

NackerHughes 4y ago

Well that's all well and good for those of you who live with your families, or who even have family at all. For a lot of people, WFH means all the more isolation and loneliness, those fleeting moments of human contact becoming fewer and fewer. Think about it, spending most of your week all on your own in the same room, with no one and nothing to keep you company except your own thoughts and some bits of text on a glaring LCD screen. Humans weren't meant to live like this.

swordsmith 4y ago
> Humans weren't meant to live like this. I agree. It would do those people good to get a life outside of work...
- mandrizzle 4y ago
  You work 8 hours a day though. Why be alone all those hours?
  - HTTP418 4y ago
    Who said you have to be. Working remote doesn't mean you have to be at home. Go to a coffeeshop, library, etc...