oh yea heard this question asked in reddit on multiple instance, the ones that dont stay at home tend to waste time at watercooler chat, gossip,etc, not productive work, just that interaction.
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PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 1 week ago
I know this a gross oversimplification, but:
“Remote working benefit those with a reason to stay home, but doesn’t for those who don’t have a reason to stay home” seems to be the general idea of the headline.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 week ago
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 6 days ago
I’m guessing you’ve got a study that backs that assertion up as well?
Dave@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
This was also my experience during the main sweep of the pandemic. It was so great getting to cut the commute and be home. Something I have luckily managed to largely continue. Prior to the pandemic my kid was in daycare pretty much 7:30-5:30 so it was really nice to not have to do that, plus during our lockdown we used to go for a family walk at lunchtime.
While some of the single guys I worked with hated staying home and were straight back in the office the moment they were allowed.
Saff@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Yeah I went 3 months without having a single face to face conversation with someone, it was pretty shit even with online gaming and discord.
NobodyElse@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
That sounds amazing
n0face@lemmy.wtf 1 week ago
Pretty much. It’s feels like someone complaining that they won the lottery.
Damage@feddit.it 1 week ago
During the pandemic my partner stayed inside for about a month, I was the only person she interacted with. I kept going to work because I was an “essential” worker (not really), so I kinda envied her, but by the end of that month she was going a bit crazy.
Atonable8938@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I think it’s funny that I had the opposite experience. My coworkers who had kids couldn’t wait to get back to the office, while the few of us youngsters who didn’t wanted nothing but to keep working remotely. Probably why those few of us left immediately when it became clear they were going to force everyone back.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 week ago
probably because they dont want to deal with thier kids 24/7, screaming,c rying,etc.
Dave@lemmy.nz 6 days ago
It may be both a factor of who you live with (the ones itching to get back to the office either lived alone or with people they didn’t really gel with), and could have also been the length of time we were in lockdown (we had one of the strongest in the world - for the first 6 weeks or so even McDonald’s wasn’t allowed to open). After a couple of months of not being allowed to leave the house and having no face to face contact with friends or family, I can understand the desire to get back to the office. The people I have in mind mostly lived close to the office, too.
One other factor may have been that our remote working infrastructure was in no way ready for the entire organisation to work from home with a couple of day’s notice. Video calls were just not possible for the first stretch as the work computers were all VPNed through a potato.