I don't want to be in my office because paying for a commute sucks, and so does the COVID exposure, and the other diseases exposure if I'm honest, however I do become depressed when I don't interact with a variety of people. I get cabin fever when I don't have a reason to leave the house, and on a lot of days between work work and house work, driving to work is the only reason I do leave home, especially in the winter when I'm already struggling to see enough sunlight.
These managers are scum, and absolutely don't have people's best interests at heart, but the idea that someone might prefer a schedule where they are in office a couple days a week is absurd is itself absurd.
Once again, due to the downsides if I could choose 100% WFH, I would, but there are upsides to being out of the home for work.
People are too caught up in the extremes. Obviously people shouldn't be forced to work in an office when working from home is a legitimate alternative, and commuting can be a pretty ugly routine, but there are benefits to working at the same place and time as others.
Anecdotally, I work 99% from home. Is it nice to wake up later, wear sweats all day, and make quick errands? Yes. But I also struggle to focus, feel like I'm on the clock constantly, and haven't made a single friend since the abrupt end of my senior year of college 3 years ago.
I don't want to be in my office because paying for a commute sucks, and so does the COVID exposure, and the other diseases exposure if I'm honest, however I do become depressed when I don't interact with a variety of people. I get cabin fever when I don't have a reason to leave the house, and on a lot of days between work work and house work, driving to work is the only reason I do leave home, especially in the winter when I'm already struggling to see enough sunlight.
These managers are scum, and absolutely don't have people's best interests at heart, but the idea that someone might prefer a schedule where they are in office a couple days a week is absurd is itself absurd.
Once again, due to the downsides if I could choose 100% WFH, I would, but there are upsides to being out of the home for work.
People are too caught up in the extremes. Obviously people shouldn't be forced to work in an office when working from home is a legitimate alternative, and commuting can be a pretty ugly routine, but there are benefits to working at the same place and time as others. Anecdotally, I work 99% from home. Is it nice to wake up later, wear sweats all day, and make quick errands? Yes. But I also struggle to focus, feel like I'm on the clock constantly, and haven't made a single friend since the abrupt end of my senior year of college 3 years ago.