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There's nothing wrong with wanting to work in an office. The issue is trying to force everyone to work in an office.
by andersa 3y ago
There's nothing wrong with wanting to work in an office. The issue is trying to force everyone to work in an office.
- r053bud 3y agoBut then these office lovers have no one fun to talk to!
- throwaway5959 3y agoNo, they’ll have people willing to commute 30 minutes a day to make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to talk to. Ask service workers what their commute is like and how many days they have to be “in the office” for. Edit: found the people that have never worked retail or restaurant
- andersa 3y agoJust because some jobs can only be done in a specific place, does not mean that people whose job can be done from anywhere should be forced to do the same in solidarity or some nonsense like that.
- throwaway5959 3y agoI’m talking more about the sense of entitlement. Clearly different jobs have different work requirements, etc.
- thinkharderdev 3y agoWhat does this have to do with anything? Obviously there are jobs where WFH is not possible. Nobody is disputing that. Should we all be required to wear uniforms to work because some jobs require that? Some jobs require you to be clean shaven, should that requirement be universal as well? Or what about working night shifts? Doesn't seem fair that nurses have to work overnight shifts while pampered office worker get to work regular daytime schedules does it? And for the record I have worked restaurant, retail and construction jobs in the past.
- throwaway5959 3y agoSorry, I was referring more to sense of entitlement vs what people actually have to do for their job. To me, coming into the office twice a week for the salary I get just isn’t that big of an ask.
- thinkharderdev 3y agoYeah, I can see that and in most cases that's true. But I also understand the anger of people who were legitimately bait-and-switched. For some people it may be a big deal, if they have to move to work in the office for example. But even if it's not a big deal, it's shitty to have someone reneg on a deal with you. And that's especially true if you feel (right or wrongly) that it's for bullshit reasons.
- throwaway5959 3y agoYeah for people that were hired with the position being 100% remote, especially pre-pandemic, I think it’s unreasonable to ask them to move. Just let them work remote.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoThe whole point of wanting to work in an office is being surrounded by colleagues. That means everyone on the team needs to be in the office on the same days.
- andersa 3y agoI don't see why someone's desire to be surrounded by colleagues should trump someone else's desire to not be surrounded by colleagues and just work in peace.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoCompanies aren't democracies. If leadership wants RTO then they'll want everyone else to also