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I agree. I get three meals a day in the office and great office benefits. I live 30 minutes away from the office. I’m glad we’re not fully WFH and I know we’re

by m_a_g 2y ago

I agree. I get three meals a day in the office and great office benefits. I live 30 minutes away from the office. I’m glad we’re not fully WFH and I know we’re the majority in our company.

quesera 2y ago
Your scenario can only work with no family, and a social life which is satisfied by coworkers. It is not for everyone.
- paulcole 2y ago
  > a social life which is satisfied by coworkers. Why does every argument against working in an office end in a (at best thinly veiled) insult that these people must have no social life? Is it that hard to believe that a person who enjoys working in an office also has a social life outside of work? > Your scenario can only work with no family Obviously false. People with families have successfully (and unsuccessfully) worked in offices for decades.
  - quesera 2y ago
    You might have missed the context of my response. GP said they get three meals a day at the office, and live 30 mins away. I assert that this is incompatible with family, and with a social life centered around people who are not coworkers. I've lived that life! No judgement. Single, new city, growing company. It was great. But it was then, for me. It could not be now. My point is that, as a perq of RTO, those things could be compelling for a subset of employees only.
    - paulcole 2y ago
      > GP said they get three meals a day at the office, and live 30 mins away. > I assert that this is incompatible with family If you're saying that you can't have a family and live 30 minutes away from the office then I understood you. And it's just not true lol.
      - quesera 2y ago
        You might have missed the context of my response. I assert that you cannot eat three meals a day at the office which is 30 mins away from home, and still be a part of your family, yes lol.
        paulcole 2y ago
        OK yeah I think that is wrong also.
        jjav 2y ago
        > OK yeah I think that is wrong also. How are you eating breakfast and dinner with your kids if you eat three meals a day at the office?
        paulcole 2y ago
        Yeah you’re right it’s completely impossible. No parent misses breakfast with their kids most days. Nobody’s ever sat with their kids and not eaten. Nobody’s ever had a little snack while somebody else ate a full meal.
      - HDThoreaun 2y ago
        You can not eat every meal at work and also be a part of a functioning family.
        paulcole 2y ago
        Weekends exist. You can eat a snack while your kids eat their meal. Plenty of parents leave for work before breakfast and get home after dinner. Yes, if you’re taking this as a challenge to avoid your kids and eat literally every meal at work, yes having what most would consider a “normal” family life will be challenging. But the idea that it can’t be done is nuts. I didn’t say it was easy. But the idea that a 30-minute commute to a cushy tech job office that provides 3 meals a day is somehow incompatible with family life is a bananas take IMO.

by m_a_g 2y ago

I agree. I get three meals a day in the office and great office benefits. I live 30 minutes away from the office. I’m glad we’re not fully WFH and I know we’re the majority in our company.

quesera 2y ago

Your scenario can only work with no family, and a social life which is satisfied by coworkers. It is not for everyone.

paulcole 2y ago
> a social life which is satisfied by coworkers. Why does every argument against working in an office end in a (at best thinly veiled) insult that these people must have no social life? Is it that hard to believe that a person who enjoys working in an office also has a social life outside of work? > Your scenario can only work with no family Obviously false. People with families have successfully (and unsuccessfully) worked in offices for decades.
- quesera 2y ago
  You might have missed the context of my response. GP said they get three meals a day at the office, and live 30 mins away. I assert that this is incompatible with family, and with a social life centered around people who are not coworkers. I've lived that life! No judgement. Single, new city, growing company. It was great. But it was then, for me. It could not be now. My point is that, as a perq of RTO, those things could be compelling for a subset of employees only.
  - paulcole 2y ago
    > GP said they get three meals a day at the office, and live 30 mins away. > I assert that this is incompatible with family If you're saying that you can't have a family and live 30 minutes away from the office then I understood you. And it's just not true lol.
    - quesera 2y ago
      You might have missed the context of my response. I assert that you cannot eat three meals a day at the office which is 30 mins away from home, and still be a part of your family, yes lol.
      - paulcole 2y ago
        OK yeah I think that is wrong also.
        jjav 2y ago
        > OK yeah I think that is wrong also. How are you eating breakfast and dinner with your kids if you eat three meals a day at the office?
        paulcole 2y ago
        Yeah you’re right it’s completely impossible. No parent misses breakfast with their kids most days. Nobody’s ever sat with their kids and not eaten. Nobody’s ever had a little snack while somebody else ate a full meal.
    - HDThoreaun 2y ago
      You can not eat every meal at work and also be a part of a functioning family.
      - paulcole 2y ago
        Weekends exist. You can eat a snack while your kids eat their meal. Plenty of parents leave for work before breakfast and get home after dinner. Yes, if you’re taking this as a challenge to avoid your kids and eat literally every meal at work, yes having what most would consider a “normal” family life will be challenging. But the idea that it can’t be done is nuts. I didn’t say it was easy. But the idea that a 30-minute commute to a cushy tech job office that provides 3 meals a day is somehow incompatible with family life is a bananas take IMO.