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People who like work from home = people who have a well functioning home life = people who have a well functioning professional life. The people who want to go

People who like work from home = people who have a well functioning home life = people who have a well functioning professional life. The people who want to go to the office to escape the spouse they don’t get along with are consistently the worst employees in my experience.

rajamaka 3y ago
Not sure why you're downvoted because I have worked with a bunch of these people and their enthusiasm for doing anything other than going home at the end of the day always astounds me
- coldtea 3y ago
  Yeah, there's often a sense of hopelessness in such types. "Dude, you have small kids. Why are they not seeing their dad, who is working 9am-7pm or worse?"
gered 3y ago
This is a very narrow view of the situation. There are any number of reasons why some people may prefer working from an office. Take myself as an example. I live alone, in a small apartment. My home "office" is a corner of my living room. I'm not "rich" and unfortunately cannot currently get a place big enough to have a dedicated room for an office. As a result, over a long period of time of working from home I end up getting the feeling that I'm living at work. In general, I prefer a strict home-vs-work separation, so going to a physical office elsewhere to work over the longer term helps me. Other reasons include that some other people who prefer working from an office outside their home may just in general like the in-person social aspect that comes along with it. It's shocking to me to now see a narrative like what you're trying to push that labels people who want to go to the office as terrible people. Jeez, wow!
- walls 3y ago
  > Other reasons include that some other people who prefer working from an office outside their home may just in general like the in-person social aspect that comes along with it. This is exactly why a lot of us DONT want to go back to the office - people holding their coworkers hostage because they don’t have a social life outside of work.
  - gered 3y ago
    That's great! There's nothing wrong with that! But what you're saying is NOT what the person I was responding to was saying, 'nor was it what I was responding to. I don't know if you read their post or not before replying to mine. Frankly, I'm not even sure if you even fully read my post if this is what you're zeroing in on ...
  - karg_kult 3y ago
    Exactly, I like to choose who I socialise with and have a vibrant social life outside work. I prefer to work from home and communicate over teams and get my work done than have to sit next to a random office bod who I may have nothing in common with, or worse has some kind of personality issue.
    - RandomLensman 3y ago
      Learning to socialize with people in general is a useful skill. You are missing out on that opportunity.
RandomLensman 3y ago
That is a very crude view. I have found training people for certain things much easier in person, for example, as I could see them struggle well before they reach out, i.e., can shorten learning cycles.
red-iron-pine 3y ago
toxicity flows both ways, from work to home, and often from home to work.

rajamaka 3y ago

Not sure why you're downvoted because I have worked with a bunch of these people and their enthusiasm for doing anything other than going home at the end of the day always astounds me

coldtea 3y ago
Yeah, there's often a sense of hopelessness in such types. "Dude, you have small kids. Why are they not seeing their dad, who is working 9am-7pm or worse?"

gered 3y ago

This is a very narrow view of the situation. There are any number of reasons why some people may prefer working from an office. Take myself as an example. I live alone, in a small apartment. My home "office" is a corner of my living room. I'm not "rich" and unfortunately cannot currently get a place big enough to have a dedicated room for an office. As a result, over a long period of time of working from home I end up getting the feeling that I'm living at work. In general, I prefer a strict home-vs-work separation, so going to a physical office elsewhere to work over the longer term helps me. Other reasons include that some other people who prefer working from an office outside their home may just in general like the in-person social aspect that comes along with it. It's shocking to me to now see a narrative like what you're trying to push that labels people who want to go to the office as terrible people. Jeez, wow!

walls 3y ago
> Other reasons include that some other people who prefer working from an office outside their home may just in general like the in-person social aspect that comes along with it. This is exactly why a lot of us DONT want to go back to the office - people holding their coworkers hostage because they don’t have a social life outside of work.
- gered 3y ago
  That's great! There's nothing wrong with that! But what you're saying is NOT what the person I was responding to was saying, 'nor was it what I was responding to. I don't know if you read their post or not before replying to mine. Frankly, I'm not even sure if you even fully read my post if this is what you're zeroing in on ...
- karg_kult 3y ago
  Exactly, I like to choose who I socialise with and have a vibrant social life outside work. I prefer to work from home and communicate over teams and get my work done than have to sit next to a random office bod who I may have nothing in common with, or worse has some kind of personality issue.
  - RandomLensman 3y ago
    Learning to socialize with people in general is a useful skill. You are missing out on that opportunity.

RandomLensman 3y ago

That is a very crude view. I have found training people for certain things much easier in person, for example, as I could see them struggle well before they reach out, i.e., can shorten learning cycles.

red-iron-pine 3y ago

toxicity flows both ways, from work to home, and often from home to work.