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I don’t even necessarily like my coworkers, but the idea of spending five days a week not leaving my house except for in the evenings just isn’t appealing to me

I don’t even necessarily like my coworkers, but the idea of spending five days a week not leaving my house except for in the evenings just isn’t appealing to me. Two or three days in the office is the sweet spot, for me anyway.

xyst 3y ago
This is why I moved to the city instead of buying a piece of shit sfh out in the burbs. walk to my fav pub, and fuck around. Or even better take a walk around the city parks and enjoy the views in the middle of the day. Maybe even get more exercise in for the day or walk the dog.
- mdgrech23 3y ago
  Honestly cities are great, cars kind of suck though
- throwaway5959 3y ago
  Sure, and I love going out in the evenings like I said. But it’s just weird to me that people want to just stay home all day and only go out in the evening every weekday.
  - vundercind 3y ago
    I think for a lot of people “going out” when it’s to the office isn’t exactly a good thing. Like being at home isn’t somehow less pleasant than that. Neither’s “going out”. And depending on your job you can go out to actual normal non-forced social spaces while working “from home”, some of the time.
  - shepherdjerred 3y ago
    I hate WFH, but I love my employer. I tend to go to a coffee shop most days for a few hours. Some days I'll go to a public library, or a co-working space. As a young, single person, staying at home for 4-6 hours every day is soul sucking. I can see it being very appealing to anyone with a family, though.
  - xyst 3y ago
    I’ll take staying at home over dreadful commutes or sitting in traffic any day. Also invested significant money into wfh setup. Monitors, chair, standing desk. Much better at home than whatever shit office managers buy at the surplus store
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coffeebeqn 3y ago
You’re allowed to leave your house. I go to the store, the gym, go for a walk, whatever I feel like during the day. As long as I don’t miss any “important” calls
sys_64738 3y ago
I find people tiring to deal with constantly so enjoy being isolated by doing WFH permanently. I guess the years of dealing with noisy, overcrowded offices sucks the life from you. I don't like drama at all in the work environment. I am there to perform utility not to play politics, which I find so boring.
- grepfru_it 3y ago
  I have to go to the office in my town to work remotely with my teams in New York and India. I sit at a desk and code all day. Everyone around me works in some other department/team and I never engage with them except maybe in the break room. What is the point of this requirement? I don’t know but it’s making me search for a new job
  - throwaway5959 3y ago
    That’s insane. Hybrid only works if everyone else is doing it on the team.

xyst 3y ago

This is why I moved to the city instead of buying a piece of shit sfh out in the burbs. walk to my fav pub, and fuck around. Or even better take a walk around the city parks and enjoy the views in the middle of the day. Maybe even get more exercise in for the day or walk the dog.

mdgrech23 3y ago
Honestly cities are great, cars kind of suck though
throwaway5959 3y ago
Sure, and I love going out in the evenings like I said. But it’s just weird to me that people want to just stay home all day and only go out in the evening every weekday.
- vundercind 3y ago
  I think for a lot of people “going out” when it’s to the office isn’t exactly a good thing. Like being at home isn’t somehow less pleasant than that. Neither’s “going out”. And depending on your job you can go out to actual normal non-forced social spaces while working “from home”, some of the time.
- shepherdjerred 3y ago
  I hate WFH, but I love my employer. I tend to go to a coffee shop most days for a few hours. Some days I'll go to a public library, or a co-working space. As a young, single person, staying at home for 4-6 hours every day is soul sucking. I can see it being very appealing to anyone with a family, though.
- xyst 3y ago
  I’ll take staying at home over dreadful commutes or sitting in traffic any day. Also invested significant money into wfh setup. Monitors, chair, standing desk. Much better at home than whatever shit office managers buy at the surplus store
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coffeebeqn 3y ago

You’re allowed to leave your house. I go to the store, the gym, go for a walk, whatever I feel like during the day. As long as I don’t miss any “important” calls

sys_64738 3y ago

I find people tiring to deal with constantly so enjoy being isolated by doing WFH permanently. I guess the years of dealing with noisy, overcrowded offices sucks the life from you. I don't like drama at all in the work environment. I am there to perform utility not to play politics, which I find so boring.

grepfru_it 3y ago
I have to go to the office in my town to work remotely with my teams in New York and India. I sit at a desk and code all day. Everyone around me works in some other department/team and I never engage with them except maybe in the break room. What is the point of this requirement? I don’t know but it’s making me search for a new job
- throwaway5959 3y ago
  That’s insane. Hybrid only works if everyone else is doing it on the team.