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The Return to the Office Has Stalled
- nittanymountain 4y agowondering this too... my company is no asking to back to office as earlier. even hire a good number of new hires to work from home, this was hard to get wfh approval before... guess, over the past 3 years, the management saw everything worked well as folks in office...
- rektide 4y agoMy company is asking those stull near offices to go to 2 days a week. But given that well over half the workforce either moved away or way hired full remote, the whole thing feels like a sham. I changed teams & went from being the only person on my team to report in (1x a week because they closed my in-city office, as opposed to this suburban HQ), to now having 1 other person in office. Most of the manager types have filed various exceptions, which none of the workforce is keyed into; we simply see empty desks which look like they should be part of this absurd corporate whip cracking. It's hard to imagine these RTO attempts going anywhere.
- diogenescynic 4y agoWorkloads and working hours have increased due to not having to commute. There's no way I could return to the office without having to do less work because I'd have to factor in commute times which leaves less time to do actual work. I think management has factored this in and realizes remote work is a net positive even if there are some downsides.
- diversionfactor 4y agoWorking from home is no picnic, and neither is it a sin; I rue those who think it is other than labor and struggle within. Simply refuse, my comrades, stand fast and don’t go in; parry threats, demerits, evals, if fired, grok leetcode again. Unless I’m literally starving, and maybe not even then; will I ever inhabit a cubicle trapped in the office again.
- TheLoafOfBread 4y agoIf you want people in office, then you will need to pay for people's commuting as working time. No reason to sit in a traffic jams for 2+ hours for free.