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I don't care if remote workers are less productive (although I've seen no evidence that they are).
You can't convince me that spending an hour every morning travelling to get to an office, in order to sit in front of the exact two screens I have at home, is a good use of my time, nor is spending an hour getting home again.
That's about 450 hours a year for me. 18 whole days. Those days are mine now, and you're not having them back.
I wish I had the same setup at work as at home. My home dev environment cost 5 times as much.
Yeah when I was originally told I could just work from home forever I invested in a giant monitor and all kinds of tools. Now they changed their mind and want me to go in to an Office with shared desks. No thanks
Ackshually, they're two distinct sets of two screens. Unless you're taking your two monitors to work and back home every day.
(sorry for the pedantry I'm ashamed)
If we wanted to take the pedantry to the next level, we could get into a metaphysical discussion about whether the word “screen” refers to the physical appliance displaying the content or the content itself. When you “share your screen” in a Teams meeting, you don’t box up your monitor and mail it to your coworkers. 🤔
I do, am I doing it wrong...?
You are technically correct, the best kind of correct.
Yeah, but those are YOUR hours and THEY don't pay for it, so those hours don't matter. In fact, it'd be better if you don't get those hours to yourself. Maybe you'll have more time to apply to other jobs or something.
What about 2-3 days a week and an extra week or two of PTO to compensate? I'm trying to think of ways to incentivize more office work that will appeal to stingy boomer leadership and the younger 'fuck offices' crowd.
I think the only deal I'd take to return to the office every day is a 4 day week. If I have to commute, I also want 4 weeks off.
It's nice to have less traffic for blue collar as well.
Ah if Hartford CT wasnt a traffic hell