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Doesn't affect productivity? How could it not affect productivity? Between getting ready, driving in, finding parking, walking to the building, wandering around
by irrational 3y ago
Doesn't affect productivity? How could it not affect productivity? Between getting ready, driving in, finding parking, walking to the building, wandering around looking for an open place to sit, then reversing at the end of the day - I waste at least 2 hours that I could have been working. I'm not taking those 2 hours out of my non-work life. Those 2 hours are coming out of the time I devote to work.
Since I've returned to office back in September, I've talked to other human beings in person precisely 3 times for a total of 45 minutes all together. And only one of those conversations was actually related to my job. And, that one in person meeting later caused a problem because the meeting was not recorded so we could not refer back to it when we needed to (all of our zoom meetings are auto recorded and stored in a place we can easily refer back to them).
I know that there are some jobs where people do need to collaborate in person, but for those of us who do not need to do so, return to office is so stupid.
- eggy 3y agoI would wager a lot of unnecessary Zoom meetings with far too many people on the call to be actually productive filled a lot of WFH hours along with refrigerator, TV, web surfing, and family breaks equals the deficit of commuting and walking to your desk. I use my commute to prepare for the day, not just drive or take a train, and I try and avoid Zoom while driving especially if I'm on my motorcycle! Make a F2F office meeting a Zoom meeting in person and have it record it the way you like it.
- irrational 3y agoReally, you are using your commute time to prepare for work? Listen to an audiobook or do something else for yourself during that time. Don’t give that time to a company that cares nothing about you.