I work for local government and we were recently ordered to return to office because leadership was concerned we would look “lazy” to the public if we were allowed to work from home… I don’t work directly with the public in any shape or form. On top of that I’m geographically located about 1.5 hours from the rest of my team so I report to a different office than they do, so we still meet on Teams.
I’m in a similar spot, my closest teammates are about 80 miles away and everything is over teams. My only solace is the fact no one works in my building so it’s really quiet (almost too quiet at times).
Edit: Solice and solace are different words
Incredible. You are going to meet “on line” but you can’t do it from your home.
As someone with small kids, this would be my preferred way of working. Even with a dedicated room I can’t help myself losing focus and entering magic adventures with unicorns and building equipment.
How are we ‘the public’ going to see what you are doing in your home?
“Leadership”
Linkedin status update : looking for work
Step 1: replace middle management with LLM
Step 2: LLM produces pointless drivel and feedback that nobody reviews along with occasional misguided suggestions
That is all, there is no step 3 get back to work.
No, they put in a lot of money for these office buildings, and they’re sitting unused. They have leases they still have to pay.
The other side of the coin is, when people WFH, they feel how useless they are.
Is that so? I would argue opposite
Any moment I’m not raising stakeholder value is useless to me.
How do you think they feel useless? I have found 2 versions of work at home. One actually is more productive because they do not have the usual distractions of the work place. The other has a full schedule of chores and fits their work in around doing chores not related to their employment
We were fully remote during the height of the pandemic. Right now we’re on a 3 days a week in office plan, except if you live further than 50km or 1h away. Some also have a grandfathered agreement. Then it’s a single day per week, where we discuss things as a team and grab lunch after. I think it’s nice to occasionally meet your colleagues, especially if you all work very closely together. Doesn’t even have to be once a week.
