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I agree, something about working hybrid just feels like “why are we doing this?” It’s like an awkward inbetween I also don’t get why companies seem unphased a
by 3737hdhd7372 3y ago
I agree, something about working hybrid just feels like “why are we doing this?”
It’s like an awkward inbetween
I also don’t get why companies seem unphased about paying for a giant office that is empty the majority of the week
- dboreham 3y agoHybrid doesn't make sense. It's just "working in an office with some days at home" which was something I remember doing in the mid 1990s. Basically as soon as the Internet and laptops existed, it was done. It seems more like a frog boiling exercise on the way to full in-office (which imho will never return).
- rcbdev 3y agoFor some people it's an intentional exercise into full home office.
- Turskarama 3y agoHybrid can make sense _if_ there are scheduled in person activities on the in office days. If you're coming in to the office just to work by yourself then it should have just been a work from home day.
- cgannett 3y agoThis is what drives me nuts. I don't mind coming to work if we are doing in person meetings or something. I like seeing my coworkers. If I am gonna be alone in an office the whole time might as well be at home where my already purchased food is.
- tharkun__ 3y agoI would suggest a shift in language. I don't mind coming to work either. If it's in my home. I do mind coming to work if it's in the office ;)
- red-iron-pine 3y agoSame. Most of the time when I'm in the office it's 50% or less empty, anyway. And most of the people there aren't on my team / projects, so it's pointless. Schlep half-way across the city to sit in an empty office and have Teams calls with the same folks two timezones away... like, why leave home?
- willhslade 3y agoNot to peek behind the curtain, but it's pretty difficult to hold down 2 jobs when you need to physically be in the office 2 days a week. Which, if my anecdotal evidence in my circle is to be believed, that was definitely happening during the pandemic.
- jay_kyburz 3y agoI wonder if there would be a massive boost in productivity if everybody was doing mandatory pair programming.
- FireBeyond 3y agoI have seen companies who have mandated "You _will_ be on video when you're on Zoom calls", which I think is much to the same end, in varying ways (are you working from another office, are you multitasking meetings, etc).
- kelnos 3y agoCompanies need to give up on this whole "we own your time" thing. Work product should be all that matters. If an employee has two or three jobs, but is able to get their work done with the quality expected of them, that's all that should matter. (Certainly there are exceptions; working for two competitors at the same time is not ok for hopefully obvious reasons.)