Big tech eager to minimize remote working

[ficuswhisperer]

@Melizmatic

forced ‘social’ interactions with co-workers, or the general ‘fake-nice’ atmosphere of the office environment.

I definitely don’t miss all the “mandatory fun” activities.

(I used to joke-but-not-really that I like to skip the so-called morale events so I can improve my own morale by getting some fucking work done in peace.)

[Melizmatic]

@Michele71

But I suppose that for people with children, that don’t have the space at home going to the office is a better thing.

It’s definitely different for everyone; my kid is a teen, and so working from home hasn’t been hard on me in that regard.

@ficuswhisperer

I like to skip the so-called morale events so I can improve my own morale by getting some fucking work done in peace.

[knoxblox]

@ficuswhisperer

I definitely don’t miss all the “mandatory fun” activities.

Pizza Party Friday was always a con.

[Davet]

Most of my office (here in Sydney) is back in the office 5 days a week now. This is despite the company spending money on the ability for them to work remotely. We have had for many years a number of 1-2 person offices around the world so it’s not like we don’t know how to manage people remotely.
I’m one of the few people still working from home regularly - I am doing 3 days in the office, 2 days remote. I’ll keep doing that for as long as I can get away with it.

[awesomerobot]

@PsiPhiGrrrl

Haven’t they been pushing those new live-work apartment complexes with restaurants, gyms, daycare, apartments, offices, and senior housing all in one space?

I call those buildings “cruise ships”

[PsiPhiGrrrl]

Oh, I’m sure cruises were an inspiration to some of those architects, based on the designs found online. They are targeting younger, average income workers for ships like the one below, rather than rich retirees like the ones cruising on The World. Another angle is to repurpose cruise ships instead of constructing new buildings.

Live, Work and Play on a Residential Cruise Ship

Chris Craiker's Architex Angle: Repurposing cruise ships for housing?

[anon75574637]

Love my short “commute”, my relaxed super work-casual wardrobe, and my daily 2 mi. lunchbreak walk.

Miss my team, the city library, and not living in headphones 8 hours daily to block out kids, leaf blowers, and general external distractions.

I bet I change my tune after a week of BART crush.

[jerwin]

From last November

Deutsche Bank proposes a work-from-home tax

[subextraordinaire]

@softyelectric

When there’s little opportunity for people that work together to really connect, small issues risks being blown up because there’s no goodwill buffer built. We all know how poor internet discourse can be, and all remote all the time risks devolving work into hyperbole, misunderstandings, and assumptions of ill will.

I work at a small company and we’ve had the exact opposite experience while WFH. We’ve become more relaxed and have helped each other out a lot more. We may not be as chatty face to face, but I feel like our productivity has been increased. Some of my peers would take 45 to 60 minutes to reply to simple IMs and now I get responses within 5 minutes. I’ve become closer to co-workers who I really didn’t appreciate before the pandemic. It’s been awesome for us.

[FGD135]

@anothernewbbaccount

Why? Why does it have to be filled?

[hand2mouse]

@WoolyBugger

I for one would rather work from an office.

M’spouse agrees with you. He says zoom meetings are pretty inadequate for collaboration on software development.

His small legacy software company is staffed by legacy developers (i.e. people in their 60s). When the boss polled them about returning to the office (renewing the lease), my guy said, “if there’s no office, I’ll retire.”