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You're making it sound as if working from home was something that everyone did eternally, and not something that started in 2020 out of necessity. Going throug

You're making it sound as if working from home was something that everyone did eternally, and not something that started in 2020 out of necessity. Going through your routine: 1) Noone forced these workers to live 1 hour from the office. In fact in the beforeCOVID times, people made an effort to live closer to where they work. Sure many can't afford to, but we're not talking about baristas here, right? But highly paid IT staff. In the cases like Google the office is far from shitty. In the cases like Amazon, the offices are more mid, but located central to where people live in cities. (We'll come back to this) 2/3/4) Legitimate problem, that exists SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF HYBRID. If everyone RTOs 5 days a week like Amazon did, it's no longer an issue. 6) If it's a nice office like Google the food isn't shitty. If it's a mid office like Amazon, it's downtown surrounded by the best restaurants/cafes the city has to offer.

chii 2y ago
> Noone forced these workers to live 1 hour from the office > made an effort to live closer to where they work sacrificed a lot to live closer, out of necessity, pre-covid. Then, it turned out that WFH can be made to work, with little to zero loss in productivity (if not gained productivity).
surajrmal 2y ago
If you work on a distributed team, then you were already talking to a screen in the office almost constantly. It's only gotten worse since covid.
rewgs 2y ago
> You're making it sound as if working from home was something that everyone did eternally, and not something that started in 2020 out of necessity. Err...what? Let's not rewrite history here. Plenty of people -- especially in tech -- worked remotely before Covid. Yes, the numbers increased dramatically, but don't make it sound like it was unheard of before the pandemic. Also: tons and tons of people have no choice but to live far from the office. Rent is cheaper and more plentiful the farther out you get from metro centers, simple as.

chii 2y ago

> Noone forced these workers to live 1 hour from the office > made an effort to live closer to where they work sacrificed a lot to live closer, out of necessity, pre-covid. Then, it turned out that WFH can be made to work, with little to zero loss in productivity (if not gained productivity).

surajrmal 2y ago

If you work on a distributed team, then you were already talking to a screen in the office almost constantly. It's only gotten worse since covid.

rewgs 2y ago

> You're making it sound as if working from home was something that everyone did eternally, and not something that started in 2020 out of necessity. Err...what? Let's not rewrite history here. Plenty of people -- especially in tech -- worked remotely before Covid. Yes, the numbers increased dramatically, but don't make it sound like it was unheard of before the pandemic. Also: tons and tons of people have no choice but to live far from the office. Rent is cheaper and more plentiful the farther out you get from metro centers, simple as.