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The idle chit-chat, the wasted hours commuting (cycling rules), the lack of control are the essence of work life. WFH is largely like a chicken in a cage, just

The idle chit-chat, the wasted hours commuting (cycling rules), the lack of control are the essence of work life. WFH is largely like a chicken in a cage, just pooping out eggs without even being able to rotate.

JoshTriplett 2y ago
> the wasted hours commuting (cycling rules), the lack of control are the essence of work life. Good riddance then.
azan_ 2y ago
> WFH is largely like a chicken in a cage, just pooping out eggs without even being able to rotate. I think that chicken in a cage is much better metaphor for staying at the office than for WFH.
- anal_reactor 2y ago
  It's not about details of each environment, it's about how the parent comment focuses on maximizing productivity (number of eggs), while discarding everything else.
pentel-0_5 2y ago
- Finding a conference room that isn't taken - People hanging around socializing loudly rather than working - The unhygienic and jerk habits of previous users of hot desks - Uncomfortable, unergonomic hot desks - Pointless, wasteful, and expensive commute times and expense - Inferior meals and snacks - Contracting things from ill people who refuse to stay home - Disruptions - Superficial interactions
- bloomingkales 2y ago
  Let’s all 50 of us share the same bathroom by choice, even when we have the choice of a private bathroom. Let’s make it so we all deprive ourselves of an hour of sleep each morning. Let’s deprive ourselves of an hour when we get home too (the commute home). Let’s not let families spend most of their time together, even when we have all the tools to do so. Let’s deny ourselves the freedom to live in affordable parts of the country. No seriously, lets literally deny ourselves this and slave away on this hamster wheel stacked on top of each other in these god forsaken overpriced cities. Let’s do this for 40 years. And when offered a miracle to rectify all of this, let’s reject it. Let’s talk about how great the office is for some people. Who are these selfish maniacs? Madness. There’s not enough poetry in the world to capture the madness.
  - pentel-0_5 2y ago
    Yeap. I forgot those and more. It's like some sort of culture of medieval hazing rituals that too many people have normalized and accepted that somehow "proves" their loyalty, dedication, and/or self-worth to a company that probably took out dead peasant insurance on them and continually weighs whether laying them off would be profitable.

JoshTriplett 2y ago

> the wasted hours commuting (cycling rules), the lack of control are the essence of work life. Good riddance then.

azan_ 2y ago

> WFH is largely like a chicken in a cage, just pooping out eggs without even being able to rotate. I think that chicken in a cage is much better metaphor for staying at the office than for WFH.

anal_reactor 2y ago
It's not about details of each environment, it's about how the parent comment focuses on maximizing productivity (number of eggs), while discarding everything else.

pentel-0_5 2y ago

- Finding a conference room that isn't taken - People hanging around socializing loudly rather than working - The unhygienic and jerk habits of previous users of hot desks - Uncomfortable, unergonomic hot desks - Pointless, wasteful, and expensive commute times and expense - Inferior meals and snacks - Contracting things from ill people who refuse to stay home - Disruptions - Superficial interactions

bloomingkales 2y ago
Let’s all 50 of us share the same bathroom by choice, even when we have the choice of a private bathroom. Let’s make it so we all deprive ourselves of an hour of sleep each morning. Let’s deprive ourselves of an hour when we get home too (the commute home). Let’s not let families spend most of their time together, even when we have all the tools to do so. Let’s deny ourselves the freedom to live in affordable parts of the country. No seriously, lets literally deny ourselves this and slave away on this hamster wheel stacked on top of each other in these god forsaken overpriced cities. Let’s do this for 40 years. And when offered a miracle to rectify all of this, let’s reject it. Let’s talk about how great the office is for some people. Who are these selfish maniacs? Madness. There’s not enough poetry in the world to capture the madness.
- pentel-0_5 2y ago
  Yeap. I forgot those and more. It's like some sort of culture of medieval hazing rituals that too many people have normalized and accepted that somehow "proves" their loyalty, dedication, and/or self-worth to a company that probably took out dead peasant insurance on them and continually weighs whether laying them off would be profitable.