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Official get people back to the office thread.
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Let people back - sure
get people back- nah
I don’t plan on becoming a commuter ever again
I change my mind on stuff all the time, but for now, let me go back, but don’t make me
get people back- nah
I don’t plan on becoming a commuter ever again
I change my mind on stuff all the time, but for now, let me go back, but don’t make me
Cant wait to go back to A office. Dont know if it'll be my old office but my old boss contacted me last week to say she's working on getting me back in.
In the meantime, I'm freelancing for an agency from home - and I fricken hate it!
My workspace is in my living room, and when I get off work I dont want to hang out in my living room any more.
On top of that there is inherit downtime with my job, magnified because everyones at home and doing sh!t by email. Today for example I got some revisions to a piece I worked on at 2pm.Didnt hear sh!t from anyone till then. Supposed to be start work at 9:30 so I was basically on call half the day and tethered to within 5 minutes of my place in case someone's calls. Could of done a million other things with that time.
On top of that Ive never even met these people before which makes it harder to swallow the rediculous hoops they make me jump through and because I dont know them, I dont know how much I can assert myself before they feel threatened.
Im so ready!
In the meantime, I'm freelancing for an agency from home - and I fricken hate it!
My workspace is in my living room, and when I get off work I dont want to hang out in my living room any more.
On top of that there is inherit downtime with my job, magnified because everyones at home and doing sh!t by email. Today for example I got some revisions to a piece I worked on at 2pm.Didnt hear sh!t from anyone till then. Supposed to be start work at 9:30 so I was basically on call half the day and tethered to within 5 minutes of my place in case someone's calls. Could of done a million other things with that time.
On top of that Ive never even met these people before which makes it harder to swallow the rediculous hoops they make me jump through and because I dont know them, I dont know how much I can assert myself before they feel threatened.
Im so ready!
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Nope not going back ever. Maybe 3-4 times a quarter for big planning or when people are in town from other sites.
in my industry things will never be the same.
in my industry things will never be the same.
Friend works for huge global company. His team normally flies all over the place. They are done traveling except for really critical deals.
And they just built really nice offices for about 500+ employees (higher ups). He said 90% of them will work from home permanently now, and the rest will only come in 1x per week and for critical meetings. They are currently trying to figure out what to do with all their empty office space.
Said it's a really weird feeling going into work 1x a week, and only himself, his boss, and the head boss are working on their entire floor. He said it feels like end of the world movie type of thing.
This pandemic has likely changed the way business is done, forever.
And they just built really nice offices for about 500+ employees (higher ups). He said 90% of them will work from home permanently now, and the rest will only come in 1x per week and for critical meetings. They are currently trying to figure out what to do with all their empty office space.
Said it's a really weird feeling going into work 1x a week, and only himself, his boss, and the head boss are working on their entire floor. He said it feels like end of the world movie type of thing.
This pandemic has likely changed the way business is done, forever.
Unless someone is an extrovert, or has difficulty with self motivation, they will grow to love this.
First step is setting up your workspace. Right colors , furniture and view is different for everyone. Window open or closed, breeze or no breeze, bright or dimmed lighting. Yea, I'd hate the kitchen table, so I don't work there. It has to be set up so you feel like it's a place that says, "let's get to work"
We never shut down and never slowed down.
At first I was pissed until I realized how lucky we were to be considered essential.
No one in the office has ever warn a mask from the get go. About 40 people in the buildings but pretty well spread out.
It's been business as usual so we haven't even felt it like the rest.
I was hoping for the forced stay at home vacay but now I'm glad I'm working still.
At first I was pissed until I realized how lucky we were to be considered essential.
No one in the office has ever warn a mask from the get go. About 40 people in the buildings but pretty well spread out.
It's been business as usual so we haven't even felt it like the rest.
I was hoping for the forced stay at home vacay but now I'm glad I'm working still.
We never shut down and never slowed down.
At first I was pissed until I realized how lucky we were to be considered essential.
No one in the office has ever warn a mask from the get go. About 40 people in the buildings but pretty well spread out.
It's been business as usual so we haven't even felt it like the rest.
I was hoping for the forced stay at home vacay but now I'm glad I'm working still.
It's healthy to be able to separate home from work.
Not going back ever. Was told to clear out the office and telecommute permanently. May need to go in for occassional meetings in the future, but 100% telecommute for now.
somebody or more likely a group of somebodies in the bay area put in place a mandate pre-pandemic that large employers (over 25 employees) keep 60% of their employees in permanent work from home status.
basically forcing work from home as a strategy to reduce greenhouse gases and traffic congestion.
the oh sh!t moment will be when mass transit and road infrastructure collapse due to lack of ridership and gas tax revenue funding.
oops
basically forcing work from home as a strategy to reduce greenhouse gases and traffic congestion.
the oh sh!t moment will be when mass transit and road infrastructure collapse due to lack of ridership and gas tax revenue funding.
oops
Another big oops is when commercial real estate collapses because no one is going in to the office anymore.
Everyone who was happy they weren't going into the office will be wishing they had stayed going into the office.
OOPS!
well this explains why it's been so crowded in the water lately
likewise rents and home sales in urban markets as people say eff it. i can live and surf anywhere i have an internet connection. why live in a crime ridden shithole when i can take my show on the road?
actually thats already happening. friend is a realtor of coastal residential property has been killing it in the $1.4m and up sector selling coast properties to relocating work from home techtards
I've been splitting time going to an empty warehouse size office and working from home this whole time. My work environment has changed zero except # of people at the office.
And yeah, explains crowds. I took a nice pay haircut + work more hours. Out of work peeps on unemployment are living the dream until it dries up. No thanks.
And yeah, explains crowds. I took a nice pay haircut + work more hours. Out of work peeps on unemployment are living the dream until it dries up. No thanks.