46% of employees think the survey results will be used against them to fire them later.
I work in tech and it’s surprising how many people want to work in an office. When I ask the rank and file why the reasons are usually dumb things like “I like the commute”, “I like the social interaction”, and “I like getting away from my kids”. Which like…wtf. If you like driving for 2 hours a day then just go do that on your own time? If you hate your kids why did you have them and why do you think your partner wants to be stuck with them? If you like social interaction try getting friends? The reasons are so dumb.
Management of course always has the reason of “it fosters better collaboration” which I do sort of agree with. Meetings are easier to have in person. That said if your day is more than half full of meetings you’re almost definitely not working efficiently, and so if people work better outside of meetings at home then it makes much more sense to let people do their work where they are comfortable doing the majority of the work.
So really the only legit reason is “I want to police my people” and “I want my co workers to be policed.” Only one person in my life has ever said this and I respect them for the absolute honesty. And then I tried to cut them out of everything I do at work because holy shit fuck people like that.
Offices suck there’s no reason to spend 5 days a week in one so you can sit silently on your computer and clack away
i’m not sure if any of the typically cited old anti office movies captured how banal they really are. “soul crushing” yes but not right away. The sinister part is how long it took to creep up on me. it’s not a way to live unless you really need/want the money
They need people in the office so they can force employees to play MP in paradox games
return to office policy as a means to git gud
F, at least the EU5 base game is a good foundation for modders
