Comment on Do remote workers actually work? Yes, but they also shop and shower
AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
When I used to work in office:
- Wake up at 7am, get ready to go and take a 1 hour commute in, usually there by 9:00
- Try to find parking, walk to office, morning break room coffee and chatter, usually settle in around 9:30
- Get interrupted multiple times by desk drive bys
- Take 2 hour lunch around noon with multiple coworkers because why not
- Get interrupted multiple times by desk drive bys
- Leave at 4 to try and avoid some traffic
Now that I work from home:
- Wake up and hop online to work, usually settle in by 7:30am
- No desk drive by interruptions
- Eat at my desk during meetings or while simultaneously working
- Sometimes start laundry or something during the day, but who cares?
- Usually work later than 5
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Every time I get asked about going back into an office my response is “Why would you want me to be far less productive?”
IamAnonymous@lemmy.world 1 week ago
To collaborate with the team, of course…
AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
My friend’s job has hybrid RTO and it basically means half the team is still out when you’re in the office so they still meet on Zoom/Teams, haha…what a waste
exanime@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Same here… we get one day in the office, I have tried to make the best of it but nobody cares, I find myself there with less than half the team to:
hop around until I get a desk where everything I need works
get interrupted by people not on my team all the time because why not say hi
get complaints because all my meetings are Teams anyway and everyone is mad they hear a crowd when I am not unmuted
Lose 45 mins of my life getting ready and another 1.5 in traffic (round trip) to work less in the office
skyspydude1@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The other reality is that even with full RTO, in a position like mine, I’m working with groups spanning about 12hrs of time zones. I’m not seeing half the group anyway, so what’s the point of going in when everyone is still taking the calls at their desks?
KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
So that we feel vindicated in actually owning your productive time. So that management can show they add value by watching you work.