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It is for a three-day return-to-office, not full time. Given the state of the economy, I'd be worried about just quitting. It seems during the pandemic tech wor
by eggy 4y ago
It is for a three-day return-to-office, not full time. Given the state of the economy, I'd be worried about just quitting. It seems during the pandemic tech workers went for broke and took car leases and moved away banking on being able to WFH for a long period of time. I wonder if Amazon made it clear WFH would not be permanent or an option. There are plenty of tech workers who would like to work at Amazon if a bunch quit. Those who quit will still be stuck with their new housing and car lease arrangements anyway. Personally, I am freelance again (not in software/tech), but I voted for a return to the office. Our engineering firm (entertainment engineering - structural and mechanical) was not doing as good quantitatively as my peers thought we were doing as we WFH. Plus, a lot of people were actually happy after the fact when they started to realize they had taken for granted the face-to-face interaction at work and for some without self-discipline, the motivation to get up and working without too many home distractions.
- belter 4y agoLast week I had to deliver an onsite at a company who insisted on doing at their location. You see the thing is...I have been curing a strong feverish cold, but was good enough to go. We were all 15 on a tiny cozy meeting room for 3 days. I am fairly certain half of this team will cook my virus and will feel miserable and might stay in bed next week...Am I guilty ?? ;-)
- brainzap 4y agoyes
- FigurativeVoid 4y agoYes
- SuoDuanDao 4y agoIs a soldier guilty for shooting towards the enemy? Office authoritarians know they're causing this kind of risk in an abstract sense, I say let them reap what they sow.
- trpv 4y agoYeah
- dEnigma 4y agoOf course you are guilty of putting others at risk of catching your virus, and you seem perfectly aware. Did you tell them that you were possibly infectious? If this is some kind of joke I don't understand it.
- pc86 4y agoOf course you are and pardon the pun but the winky face bullshit is sickening. You know you are, you know you should have cancelled, but these are strangers so who cares right?
- belter 4y agoI forgot this is HN... "Should you go to work when you have a cold?" "Given that coughs and colds are so common, it would be impractical to take time off work with every viral infection," says Dr Daniel Fenton, clinical director at the walk-in GP clinic, London Doctors Clinic. https://patient.info/news-and-features/too-stick-to-work-common-cold https://patient.info/news-and-features/too-stick-to-work-com...
- snapcaster 4y agoNah, they'll be fine
- ilikecakeandpie 4y agoHow will you feel if one of your colleagues is autoimmune and you cause them long term damage? You likely had a choice to either stay home if you were feverish but could have at least worn a mask.
- belter 4y agoHow do you think I got the cold :-) A home grown virus lab?