• SkyNTP@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    being able to turn to the person next to you and ask a question is huge.

    The fact people can’t do that and are forced to be respectful of my time is a major plus for WFH.

    Listen, I get what you are trying to say. Yeah, I miss the social time, and yeah, there are some communication challenges, but it’s just not worth it. It’s not worth being cramped into soulless, noisy cubicles, wasting ten unpaid hours a week and thousands of dollars annually commuting, spending large sums of money eating lunch out or prepping a packaged lunch, spending millions on real estate, being away from pets or children, not being able to multitask house chores while passively listening in on meetings, being exposed to sick colleagues, sharing public toilets with your not so hygienic colleagues…

    Just the ten hours you save commuting could go to joining a club to makeup for the social time (while doing something you actually like).

    It’s win-win for everyone. Except for commercial real estate owners. I am convinced the bulk of calls to ending WFH come from those who stand to profit from that manufactured misery.