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> People who like WFH will never want to return to the office unless perhaps the office is a 5 minute walk from home At my current job, there's something ironi
by hangonhn 3y ago
> People who like WFH will never want to return to the office unless perhaps the office is a 5 minute walk from home
At my current job, there's something ironic about that. The people who never come back to the office despite being allowed to are also the people who live the closest to the office. (We have a big office that allows people to come back but is totally optional. Hotel desks for the entire office basically.) I asked one of them why he doesn't come in and he told me, "The reason I moved so close to the office in the first place is so I can minimize my commute. Now that I don't have to, why would I do the commute at all?"
I think some people are just completely dead set against commuting or even working from an office. Another coworker told me, "Do you know how great this is? I can do my laundry in between meetings."
From my experience, my employer's current situation is probably the most accommodating policy. If you want to work in an office, you can. If you don't, you don't have to. I do have coworkers who are actually suffering a bit from lack of interaction with other people but I think those people are starting to trickle back into the office for no other reason than for the socialization and interaction.
- marcosdumay 3y agoA lot of people at my workplace use the office as a second "base" where they can settle for the day and is close to a lot of things. Since I live close to it, I never even though about doing this. And of course, the people that live the furthest away get the most value out of it. So, yeah, it's probably a very strong correlation, and not only for negative reasons.
- ghaff 3y agoIf I could walk to an office I'd probably do it now and then. But at a 30 minute drive (to an office where I wouldn't know anyone at this point) I'm not going to bother.
- lostdog 3y ago> Hotel desks for the entire office basically. So your office is crappy? Similar story for my office. It's very close, but the facilities people made it terrible to work from. Why go in when I would get half as much work done?
- hangonhn 3y agoSorry, I think I used the wrong term. The desks we have are basically not assigned anyone permanently and are available as long as someone else hasn't reserved it for the day. I don't mean literal desks that they have at hotels. The office is rather nice TBH.
- bluefirebrand 3y agoI'm not the person you're replying to, but Hotel Desks like this are a worse experience than having assigned desks. You have to adjust your chair and ergonomics every time you go into the office? What a pain in the ass.
- hangonhn 3y agoTotally. Our company mitigates it by assigning a specific desk to you if you come in often enough.
- lostdog 3y agoThat is called "hotdesking" and it sucks.