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I dont think anybody really likes zoom meetings more. They just like the perks of WFH 10x more than they dislike zoom meetings.

by pydry 3y ago

hotnfresh 3y ago
Yep. I like working in an office. I prefer it! Just the working part, though. I don’t like it as much as I like not: having an extra 30-60 minutes of (risky-to-life-and-limb!) driving 5 days a week, thousands in gas and wear & tear on a car, having to own more than one car (more expenses, takes up more of the garage), getting sick more often, not being home when my kids get home from school, not being able to do any part of starting dinner until 5:30 or later, not being nearby if a kid gets sick at school and needs to be picked up, not being able to listen to my own music without headphones, having a shared bathroom, and a billion other things that come with working at an office but are purely bad.
danaris 3y ago
I do. There are a very few circumstances where I find it more beneficial to be meeting in person. For everything else, I find Zoom (or other online video) meetings much more beneficial. I don't have to plan extra time to get to wherever the meeting is. I don't have to worry about the meeting room being too crowded, or noisy, or whatever. I can have my headphones set to noise cancel, so any noise that there is in my space gets filtered out, and all I can hear is the meeting. I am guaranteed to have my computer right there with me to take notes on or look up anything I need to reference. In general, I get to take the meeting in my own space, with everything I need ready to hand. I don't have to worry about the other people in the meeting spreading COVID (remember that? it never stopped being a thing). Etc. So unless the "meeting" is, for instance, an attempt to troubleshoot a tech issue on a computer that can't easily allow me to use Zoom's built-in Remote Control feature, tell me why, exactly, I should like Zoom meetings less than in-person meetings...?

I dont think anybody really likes zoom meetings more. They just like the perks of WFH 10x more than they dislike zoom meetings.

by pydry 3y ago

I dont think anybody really likes zoom meetings more. They just like the perks of WFH 10x more than they dislike zoom meetings.

hotnfresh 3y ago

Yep. I like working in an office. I prefer it! Just the working part, though. I don’t like it as much as I like not: having an extra 30-60 minutes of (risky-to-life-and-limb!) driving 5 days a week, thousands in gas and wear & tear on a car, having to own more than one car (more expenses, takes up more of the garage), getting sick more often, not being home when my kids get home from school, not being able to do any part of starting dinner until 5:30 or later, not being nearby if a kid gets sick at school and needs to be picked up, not being able to listen to my own music without headphones, having a shared bathroom, and a billion other things that come with working at an office but are purely bad.

danaris 3y ago

I do. There are a very few circumstances where I find it more beneficial to be meeting in person. For everything else, I find Zoom (or other online video) meetings much more beneficial. I don't have to plan extra time to get to wherever the meeting is. I don't have to worry about the meeting room being too crowded, or noisy, or whatever. I can have my headphones set to noise cancel, so any noise that there is in my space gets filtered out, and all I can hear is the meeting. I am guaranteed to have my computer right there with me to take notes on or look up anything I need to reference. In general, I get to take the meeting in my own space, with everything I need ready to hand. I don't have to worry about the other people in the meeting spreading COVID (remember that? it never stopped being a thing). Etc. So unless the "meeting" is, for instance, an attempt to troubleshoot a tech issue on a computer that can't easily allow me to use Zoom's built-in Remote Control feature, tell me why, exactly, I should like Zoom meetings less than in-person meetings...?