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The funny thing is, I get more done at the office than at home. And if I’m dressed professionally, I get more done and I get better responses from others than w
by SoftTalker 1y ago
The funny thing is, I get more done at the office than at home. And if I’m dressed professionally, I get more done and I get better responses from others than when I’m wearing shorts and a tee shirt.
I’d prefer to work from home wearing pajamas but I can sympathize with why my employer wants me in the office and may even have a dress code.
Be glad you didn’t work in the development office of a bank in the 1990s, you’d be expected to wear a suit and tie to work.
- moralestapia 1y ago>And if I’m dressed professionally, I get more done and I get better responses from others than when I’m wearing shorts and a tee shirt. Are you a butler? No offense. No one in tech would give two f...s about what you're wearing when you push git commits.
- tjr 1y agoFor some people, what they wear has an impact on their own performance. It's not necessarily about how others perceive them, and it's not necessarily logical. Some people work better with music, or with a window to look out... some people work better in fancier attire.
- moralestapia 1y ago>and I get better responses from others than when I’m wearing shorts and a tee shirt. Did you not read the last part of the sentence?
- wfhrto 1y ago> music > window > fancier attire one of these things is not like the other
- yakshaving_jgt 1y agoRight. Two of these is things you can see, but only one is a thing you can hear.
- wiseowise 1y agoIf only it was possible to dress up at home…
- holowoodman 1y agoWhat I wear has an influence. Ties cut off blood supply to the brain, so in fancy attire, I'm less useful.
- yepitwas 1y agoI once moved to a company that still mandated relatively formal work clothes—suit and tie no longer required, but still seen fairly often. The first casual Friday I was struck now how energized I felt as soon as I walked in (and I didn’t participate, I wore slacks and a blazer that day). Reflecting on that, I realized that I actually associate jeans and such with “professional office that gets shit done”. Because that’s how it’d been everywhere else I’d worked. The “professional” dress code was having exactly the opposite effect on me, from what it was supposed to.
- malfist 1y agoOkay, great. You can work from the office. Don't dictate to the rest of us that we have to work the way you work best
- foogazi 1y agoThey work better with you sitting next to them /s
- RHSeeger 1y agoYou /s, but that's actually a fair point - Some people work better at home, away from the office - Some people work better in the office, with their co-workers around them Those two facts are at direct odds with each other. It's unfortunate, but you can't give both groups what they want.
- malfist 1y agoIt's not a fair point. The same argument could be made that I work better if I also get your paycheck. - Some people work better if they get their paycheck and their coworker's paycheck - Some people work better when each person gets their own paycheck No one is saying that's unfortunate that you can't give both groups what they want
- sokoloff 1y agoWhat is happening is some companies are choosing A and others are choosing B. Employees who really care about A will prefer companies who chose A, same for B. Employees who care more about other properties C, D, E, etc. but not much about A or B will prefer companies that provide those properties.
- wiseowise 1y agoSo when it’s my idiosyncrasy I’m supposed to shut the fuck up because it’s unprofessional, but when it aligns with whatever goals of some middle manager I’m supposed to take one for the team, because Bob the baby needs a grown up man sitting next to him?
- kamaal 1y ago>>Be glad you didn’t work in the development office of a bank in the 1990s, you’d be expected to wear a suit and tie to work. Priorities matter. I worked for a India IT services firm that mandated neck ties. They would even enforce it with fines. Eventually we saw the whole company had been reduced to these cosmetic pedantry about neck ties, badge-in/out times etc. Nobody every got anything done, because this was all that was left of their ideas to make the company win.
- o1bf2k25n8g5 1y agoWere bow ties acceptable? What about Bolo ties?
- RajT88 1y agoDid women have to wear ties too? Were garish father's day ties acceptable? Was wearing a tie as a rambo style headband a firable offense at office parties? I have many questions.
- ocdtrekkie 1y agoI think it depends on the task. If I need to figure out a problem someone is having, being present, seeing them work, talking face to face, huge help. When I have some engineering work to do where I know all the requirements and need to be left alone, staying home is a productivity win. There's value in the flexibility but employers often do not trust their employees to make the best decision for the organization.
- gedy 1y agoSo pay me enough to afford a home nearby so I can work in the office. Hell, I'll wear a suit too. Oh, I can only get enough to commute in from an exurb 1+ hour commute each way? Buzz off. Been working since the 80s, and no company has ever paid me enough to buy anything nearby. So I gave up 15 yrs ago and now work full remote where I could afford something.
- thedevilslawyer 1y agoTo be fair, we're the highest paid profession, and the work isn't that difficult either.
- grafmax 1y agoThe owners of the companies we work for are making more money than us, off the value we create through our work, simply by through ownership itself. How’s that for compensation vs difficulty?
- thedevilslawyer 1y agoIf you believe that is the case, it is very simple to use some of that pay to buy a slice of that ownership via your preferred brokerage application.
- grafmax 1y agoIt’s a wonder that people still work for a living when all you have to do is buy a share of SPY, suddenly elevating you to same level as your boss.
- thedevilslawyer 1y agoWell, how else are you going to buy the share? (I don't think further engaging on this would be meaningful, as the reactions are all coming from a place of prejudice to state of the world.)