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As someone who hates WFH and always has, I believe that working from an office brings intangible benefits. WFH breeds isolation. If you're WFH, I ask you this:

As someone who hates WFH and always has, I believe that working from an office brings intangible benefits. WFH breeds isolation. If you're WFH, I ask you this: when was the last time you met up with someone outside of your household for longer than 10 minutes?

surgical_fire 4y ago
> WFH breeds isolation. If you're WFH, I ask you this: when was the last time you met up with someone outside of your household for longer than 10 minutes? What if the vast majority prefer some level of isolation? What if they prefer to socialize with people outside of work?
- warning26 4y ago
  > What if the vast majority prefer some level of isolation? Many preferences are not necessarily the best for us. I would prefer to eat nothing but hamburgers and never exercise, but that doesn’t mean I should. > What if they prefer to socialize with people outside of work? For most people, I would argue this simply doesn’t happen very often. (Hence my question in my parent comment)
  - surgical_fire 4y ago
    > Many preferences are not necessarily the best for us. That might be said for the preference to work from an office. > For most people, I would argue this simply doesn’t happen very often. Well, perhaps those people ought to change their habits.
dghlsakjg 4y ago
Yesterday. Haven't today yet since I went for a hike with my dog. My social life and my work life are not the same thing.
cudgy 4y ago
How does having more time per day to socialize outside of work by avoiding commutes result in less socializing outside of work? Intuitively it makes no sense. Also, many people have families and choose to spend significant time with them instead of socializing at the workplace. Trust me, people with families, especially young kids, are usually not feeling isolated. With wfh and no commutes, they might even have some time to choose to be isolated during a run or other activity.

surgical_fire 4y ago

> WFH breeds isolation. If you're WFH, I ask you this: when was the last time you met up with someone outside of your household for longer than 10 minutes? What if the vast majority prefer some level of isolation? What if they prefer to socialize with people outside of work?

warning26 4y ago
> What if the vast majority prefer some level of isolation? Many preferences are not necessarily the best for us. I would prefer to eat nothing but hamburgers and never exercise, but that doesn’t mean I should. > What if they prefer to socialize with people outside of work? For most people, I would argue this simply doesn’t happen very often. (Hence my question in my parent comment)
- surgical_fire 4y ago
  > Many preferences are not necessarily the best for us. That might be said for the preference to work from an office. > For most people, I would argue this simply doesn’t happen very often. Well, perhaps those people ought to change their habits.

dghlsakjg 4y ago

Yesterday. Haven't today yet since I went for a hike with my dog. My social life and my work life are not the same thing.

cudgy 4y ago

How does having more time per day to socialize outside of work by avoiding commutes result in less socializing outside of work? Intuitively it makes no sense. Also, many people have families and choose to spend significant time with them instead of socializing at the workplace. Trust me, people with families, especially young kids, are usually not feeling isolated. With wfh and no commutes, they might even have some time to choose to be isolated during a run or other activity.