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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 13 points 6 days ago

Codie A Sanchez does a lot less work WFH, is what I took from this.

[–] thericofactor@sh.itjust.works 169 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Remember how clean the air was when most people were working from home?

But shareholder value is more important.

Good luck to this woman finding good employees. Good employees have a choice.

[–] Gowron_Howard@lemmy.world 115 points 1 week ago (2 children)

“Why don’t people want to hang out with me?”

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 83 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"My only friends are people on my payroll."

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 30 points 1 week ago

"People don't want to hang out with me unless I pay them"

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago

Unfortunately, there is no shortage of sadistic people like this who bond together just fine.

[–] judgyweevil@feddit.it 94 points 1 week ago

Does she think sleepless nights are going to improve mental health?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 83 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I am in general a big proponent for going to go to the office, I am an IT guy, and I find I have more focus when in the office, I also don't want to associate my home with work, I need the physical separation and I find it to be easier to coordinate with others in the office.

That being said, this CEO is stupid, loneliness is not cured by being forced to interact with people that I need to be paid to interact with.

I also realize that just because I find the office beneficial, does not mean I get to dictate how other people should feel about it.

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 days ago

I couldn't work from home but I really like coworking spaces.

Rather than having to commute all the way to the main office I have an office located 5 min away from home.

This way I do have an office, coworkers but without the long commute.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

I am in general a big proponent for going to go to the office, I am an IT guy, and I find I have more focus when in the office, I also don't want to associate my home with work, I need the physical separation and I find it to be easier to coordinate with others in the office.

Some people do.

The trick about remote work is not that it lets us all work from home, but that it gives us another location and we can pick our best environment.

I found a job that promises "work from anywhere in the country", and many people min-maxed their location for profit. They only have to match time-zone to ensure they're punched in during 'business hours' (and, for some, starting later in their day to synch with the home office is f'n awesome).

But they still maintain "hotel" spots, two of them permanent. People did find some days or many days in the office each week is their jam. Some come and go as per their current needs and best environment. One of my peers went camping, and did a server update over VPN over starlink over smores, and then put the laptop away for the weekend. He was proving he can camp while on-call.

Sometimes I like my view. Sometimes I need a featureless wall to cut down on distractions. I find what is best and I rock that shit. And that's what it's about: find your best space.

When the only space is Office Space, then there is no freedom to find that environment where you crush it today, and that needs to be seen as an impairment. Let us pick our time and place and - sun tzu - victory is assured.

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[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Hard truth I learned as a CEO: Sometimes you have to lie to get what you want, regardless of reality and facts"

Anyone who thinks more work gets done in the office is an idiot, or lying.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 16 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Eh, it depends. I find that there is a benefit in highly collaborative projects or in an environment where training is a component.

For instance, a lot of data showed that junior staff productivity tanked as they didn't have the mentoring opportunities that they would have had in a full remote environment.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (4 children)

right now I am hiding in a call booth in my office on our one in person day a week because the rest of the office is singing along to achy breaky heart while two junior employees throw lifesaver mints at each other.

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[–] ferrule@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I am the team lead and architect for my group. We have green engineers and interns. The other day my team was publically acknowledged as being one of the most productive and well oiled teams because of the detail I put in. On a weekly basis I am doing mentoring activities and 1 on 1s with everyone. And I still find time to be writing specs, design documents, code, and hour of meetings.

It requires very little effort. What I have found is that the vast number of leads and managers just aren't good at teaching or helping others. It's not a face to face issue. It's soft skills, logistics, and actually wanting a good team issue. All I am doing is the opposite of what all my bad managers did.

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[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 59 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I could spend 3 hours a day on a train and do teams meetings in the office, or i could not do 3 hours a day on trains and do teams meetings at home.

I was paying £550 a month in train tickets before covid freed me

[–] jpeps@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It amazes me that leaders don't get this. My office is filled with separate one-sided calls and it's unbearable. Furthermore I've not been in a meeting without Silicon Valley listening in in at least 5 years.

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[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Time to go back to the office and have still all meeting online with extra background noise. Looking for a quiet corner to be able to hear others properly is great for my mental health.

Also the office life improves my soft skills, like:

  • walking with my laptop open im my hand with a headset on to find an empty meeting room
  • sharing desks with annoying co-workers from other departments
  • enjoying other peoples conversations about their lunch plans from the other side of the open plan office
  • fighting for the thermostat setting and opening/closing the windows
  • embracing the daily multi-hour commute in rush hours

It really builds character.

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[–] potjandorie@feddit.nl 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This person probably goes to the office and sits in her own private room by herself, because she can't focus with the loud plebs on the big open office floor

[–] b_n@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This person arrives at 10, has a 1.5hour lunch, talks loudly around other people, leaves at 2 because needs to pick up the dog from the dog sitter, complains people are never in the office, only shows up 2 days a week if you're unlucky, 0 days if you're lucky.

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 days ago

Don't forget all those "networking" trips out of town.

[–] karashta@sopuli.xyz 42 points 1 week ago

"Hard truth" she just made up to fit her own narrative without recourse to facts.

[–] alexc@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago

I suspect this is mainly because almost all of the CEOs I’ve met are workaholics, and being “at work” is the only way they can self-validate.

And remember, most of them are dark-personality traits, which explains why they cannot understand why you don’t want to go in

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or go to a bar and say hi to people who are hanging around. Compliment someone's jacket. Tell someone that their whole aesthetic is cool as fuck. Comment on the weather. Become a part of your local environment and interact with your fellow humans. Join a hiking or hobby group.

Work is actually one of the worst places to get your social enrichment. You're significantly more likely to change jobs than cities and your innie is less likely to feel like your true self. Furthermore there's a baseline mental taxation of being at work that doesn't come with being in a social environment. And nobody's going to come up to you at a social event and tell you to get back to work.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Or go to a bar and say hi to people who are hanging around. Compliment someone’s jacket. Tell someone that their whole aesthetic is cool as fuck. Comment on the weather. Become a part of your local environment and interact with your fellow humans. Join a hiking or hobby group.

Nah, I'm good thanks

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Fair enough, it will help with loneliness though. And I'll acknowledge it's hard and awkward at first, but it's a skill and it's one I think many people would appreciate developing. It's like getting in shape but for the social part of the self.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Even if I felt lonely, none of those things are how I would start talking to anyone.

When I'm in public I wish to be left alone. It would be a violation of the Golden Rule for me to start talking to randos about their outfits or the weather.

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

lmao. ikr. Extroverts just don't get it. 😔

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Ah yes. The lament of the middle managers with nothing to do. They feel threatened because it turns out they weren't needed after all.

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[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Every single one of my jobs in the last 5 years or so has stated that remote work has undeniably increased productivity and output, as well as general morale.

Many of them have sold all their offices so they couldn't even RTO if they wanted to.

For some reason one of them still keeps the 7 floor office building and even a receptionist and security guard...despite about 5 people working from there on any given day. But hey, whatever.

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 30 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah, when I'm looking for sound mental health advice, I ask a CEO. Doesn't everyone?

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[–] BotsRuinedEverything@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes yes.. RTO is all about restoring the productivity and mental health of the worker. Ignore the declining property value of commercial buildings. Tell me again who stands to gain the most by increasing commercial property value? Ah yeah that's right; Billionaires. Interesting, at the bottom of every social problem we seen to find a billionaire.

[–] 0tan0d@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Where is this energy during lay off season? No issues witb potentially 90k hours of social bonding gone to provide better executive bonuses.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 week ago

"Hi, I'm a shitty person who has an opinion that is self-serving. Let me tell you what I think."

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm in the office right now, and 99% of my meetings are through Teams.

My favorite days to be here are when everyone else is somewhere else.

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[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Being promoted to the C-suite causes brain damage.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nah, the brain damage is a prerequisite. It does get worse though.

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 18 points 1 week ago

This person is a disgrace.

[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If my next job is office only. I'm strictly only using a desktop PC. You can give me a travel laptop. But I'm never taking it home.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

office only

but bob, it's a corporate retreat, we're all going, grab your laptop

"FUCK YOU TODD, WHEN I WAS HIRED THE POSITION WAS OFFICE ONLY. GO FUCK YOURSELF AND YOUR RETREAT"

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

performative rage bait, for sure

[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I worked in the stupid open office space these assholes designed for years. It. Sucked. Distractions everywhere. I couldn't focus on anything. Now I get double the work done in half the time and I don't have a pain in the ass commute. The hubris of assuming what works for you will work for everyone is astounding.

Thank you sooo much for your very presence. We are sooo grateful for your wisdom...

Go fuck yourself with a rusty railroad spike.

Linked in is a cancer.

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Lol, immediately revealing that for her work is only pointless zoom meetings. Real productivity there ms CEO 😑

[–] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

As a naturally introverted person, working remotely has vastly improved my social life, well-being, and productivity.

I used to burn all my social energy at the office, and when nights and weekends came around, I’d go into hermit mode to recover. Work drained me. Now I’m sitting on my social charger all day while I’m working, and I actually have the energy to see my friends after work and have much better balance in my life.

I’m fortunate to work for a company that let everyone decide what works best for them when RTO mandates started going around, and they get better work from me because of it. This CEO can get fucked.

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