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Offices per se aren’t necessarily terrible. Commutes are terrible. Open floor plans are terrible. Companies don’t seem interested in fixing these things, though
by imgabe 3y ago
Offices per se aren’t necessarily terrible. Commutes are terrible. Open floor plans are terrible. Companies don’t seem interested in fixing these things, though.
- spaceman_2020 3y agoYep. Ask any remote worker if they’d go back to the office and most would say no. Ask them if the office was within walking distance and most probably wouldn’t mind.
- marssaxman 3y agoI have certainly found this to be true. When I took a job with a remote-first startup last year, I lived on the opposite side of North America from its headquarters. My family has since moved (for almost entirely unrelated reasons!) and we now live within walking distance. I come into the office almost every day, even though it is mostly empty, because the walk is pleasant and the quiet office is a good place to get work done. If I had to drive here, or take the bus, I would almost certainly stay home instead.
- lolinder 3y agoWalking distance with a private office, maybe. I wouldn't even walk to the offices I've actually had to work in, not now that my home office is a viable option.
- goeiedaggoeie 3y agoMy office is 7 minutes on my bicycle. I work from home where I have a better screen setup, privacy, instead of having to shuffle into a cubicle to make calls. I cycle to the office to have a beer with some colleagues every few weeks on an agreed date and we meet there when we have to do some deep planning. Day to day my house is so much better
- HDThoreaun 3y agoYou can't get a good screen setup at your office?
- goeiedaggoeie 3y agooffice is limited to two 1080 monitors at home I have 2x1080 + 4k. so much better. they won't change for one person :|
- ryandrake 3y agoInsanity. Willing to pay $100K+ for an engineer but not $1K for a monitor.
- goeiedaggoeie 3y ago100% agree.
- xboxnolifes 3y agoEven crazier since 4k isn't even that expensive anymore. You can get a 60Hz IPS 4k monitor for $300-$400.
- cebert 3y agoI live very close to an office at my company. My issue isn't with going to the office but more so the open office floor plan. At my home, I have a dedicated quiet office and can focus much easier. I don't have to wear headphones all day to cancel out the noise and distractions. The leaders making RTO mandates have personal offices and don't get to "enjoy" the same experience as the worker bees.
- scruple 3y agoI have a colleague who will wear noise cancelling headphones all day but will periodically take them off to disrupt someone else to ask a question he could Google. It's insane, I'm probably going to say something to him because he isn't connecting the dots at all.