One does not preclude the other. Working in an office can have been having a bad time regardless of whether there were viable alternatives (for most people). As

One does not preclude the other. Working in an office can have been having a bad time regardless of whether there were viable alternatives (for most people). As an introvert my entire in-office existence was bad. I did not have an alternative. But now I do and I will cling to it as long as I can. Productivity is also a relative measure in that sense. Sure you were productive. A farmer a few hundred years ago can have been productive for the times he was living in. Compare it with a modern farm and he's outclassed and not "productive" at all.