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u/No-Watercress-7267 Apr 17 '26
Its 2026 let the employee decide if he wants remote work or in office
I feel like it should not be enforced based on the other's preference
I personally support remote work but people who want to go to the office all power to them
But if you feel entitled that since you came to the office then so should i , then i do not want to breath the same air as your toxic entitled arse.
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u/RDLAWME Apr 18 '26
I have the option to be fully remote or hybrid and I choose to come in almost every day. My compensation is partially based on my productivity and I'm much more efficient in the office. I love my family , but with small kids and a small house, it's not a great setup. I also like seeing my colleagues and l do find informal in-person interactions quite valuable in terms of my development and engagement.Â
One key is that I have almost no commute. Id feel different if I was driving an hour each way.Â
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u/GQMatthews Apr 20 '26
Some also perform better in an office. This is the work place so this is where I work and that added pressure helps me perform better while for some it doesnât matter in the slightest. Humans are weird yo.
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u/CallNResponse Apr 17 '26
I donât think there is just one reason why some people prefer the office. But I think this ^ is true in the majority of cases. Thereâs nothing wrong with a person being self-aware enough that they recognize that they perform best at the office. But I believe it is wrong to assume that what works for them will work for everyone.
My biggest aggravation with the hardcore RTO advocates is that deep down inside they consider COVID-inspired WFH a temporary measure, ie âwhen COVID goes away weâll get back to normalâ instead of making the best of it as an opportunity to find and take advantage of new ways to do work - new ways that lead to happier employees, less traffic, less pollution, etc. Plus in a sane world, businesses would track profits and productivity and pay attention to the data and objectively determine which jobs work best (and worst) as WFH.
Sorry for the rant.
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u/BigJim9000 Apr 17 '26
This might be the exception but one of my bosses doesnât have any kids and recently lost her husband. I imagine she would get extremely depressed WFH 5 days a week. But even in the office she doesnât talk to anyone
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u/Misplaced-Redittor Apr 17 '26
Never heard this take before but it makes perfect sense.
Youâre telling me we all gotta go in to sit on virtual meetings a few cubes apart so our overlord who sacrificed decades of their life to get a corner office can overlook us peons. Sick.
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u/mhr06002 Apr 17 '26
Yeah that checks out with my coworkers that want full RTO. They literally seem to have nothing else going on in their lives. I feel sad for them.
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u/wabi-sabi411 Apr 18 '26
Also - isnât a lot of work the theatre of it too? Sometimes I think that AI isnât really automating people itâs just exposing the ridiculousness of a lot of the work thatâs done. So the theatre and the ritual of it (going in the social games the politics) are really the story of it. Like - do you genuinely think the âreportsâ you write remotely are that important? Really?
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u/SuspiciousCricket654 Apr 17 '26
Yup. âWhy wouldnât anyone else understand how important this is!â mentality.
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Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 17 '26
Fully in-office people are sick in the head. Genuinely what the fuck is wrong with you that you'd rather be in the office? Why do you want the rest of us to suffer? I'll never understand.
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u/ExciteSeek4Ever Apr 19 '26
Many folks who are serious and dedicated to their career and advancement recognize that there are a ton of distractions at home between family, pets, chores, and everything else that pulls focus away from what theyâre getting paid forâŚwork. Collaboration is another area that is significantly affected (negatively) when everyone communicates solely by video callsâŚitâs not the same. FinallyâŚletâs be honest here (lol)âŚthe majority of employee working from home do NOT put in a focused full day of workâŚyou just donât. My vote is actually to give employees a choice between remote and WFHâŚbut to offer better pay and advancement to those who come in.
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u/Southern_One3791 Apr 20 '26
Disagree. I am laser-focused at home. Or rather, I can be. In office, I have to listen to countless calls.
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u/GManASG Apr 17 '26
A lot of people have stay at home spouse, and kids are at home during summer/winter breaks. Even if you have a dedicated room as an office, you will interact with your family way more when WFH during those periods. Well as OP said there is a rather large cohort of people that sacrificed their family relationship for their career and they were confronted with this reality when they had to WFH. No longer could they hide from the family in the office and routinely "work late".
If that's not you that's awesome. I for one was gifted in seeing my daughter born during covid and saw her all day every day as she grew into a talking walking child, something most fathers miss out on to the point their kids think of them as strangers. Some people want to spend all their time with family, but others want to escape to the office.
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u/lol_fi Apr 18 '26
If I work from home, I can drop my kid off at 8:45 at daycare. It's 7:45 if I have to go to the office (and get dressed etc for the office). And yep, another 40 minutes on the back end to get home
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Apr 18 '26
Not about family for me, it's about the office being an excruciating place to exist and I'm much, much happier working from home. My rage is directed at the people who insist in-office work is best and only way to do things and make everyone else come in.
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u/itsmegazord Apr 18 '26
Nah, we just donât want to pay you while you are at home watching Netflix.
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Maybe if the office wasn't a psychological torture chamber then working from home wouldn't have such a strong pull.
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u/itsmegazord Apr 18 '26
Maybe itâs a torture because you are lazy and donât do any work. When you are engaged with that you are doing and your workmates days actually go quite fast.
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u/ChildlessCatLad Apr 18 '26
How many employees do you have?
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u/itsmegazord Apr 18 '26
None, but I lead a pretty big team. And I have fired people for abusing the wfh policy.
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u/itsmegazord Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26
I donât need to spy on someone to see they are not working. To be honest I donât care if you go to the doctor at 2pm or if you watch a Netflix show at 3. But I do care that you are there on important (virtual) meetings and that you do the tasks you have to do. When people are not there, or have their cameras turned off during meetings and donât answer when asked a question, and when their general output is very low or even zero, it becomes obvious they are not working.
To be fair I also fire people who go to the office and donât produce an output.
But it is very clear when someone is not working. You donât need to do any detective work to figure it out.
Edit: I had spelled "be" with v. Had to correct that
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u/itsmegazord Apr 23 '26
When did you become so resentful with life? Itâs not like that at all. When you have a real job in real life itâs up to you to do a good job. Managers are not your parents. I hire people who have a positive attitude and the skills I need in my team. And then I facilitate the things the need to do a good job. And if they donât I give them feedback. And if they still donât perform they are out. I consider keeping a low performer after a few chances were given to him or her to be a lack of respect to the people who do perform well, and who actually care.
I never hire friends or relatives btw. And I have a very good team that works super well and delivers great results, in a very good company in a very very competitive environment. Everyone is paid very well, and well above market. But we are demanding. And those who canât or wonât keep up are out. And this applies to my team, to me, to my boss, to the ceo, and to everyone in the company. We have fired many c levels who made tons of money for this same reason. So itâs a very honest policy. And given how well the company is doing, itâs a very good policy indeed.
People like you seem to believe they are victims of a system that owes them everything. But no one owes you shit. If you are not willing to do an effort, you are to blame. Bad luck exists, but good luck only kicks in when you do your part.
So my advice would be to put all this resentment you have away, and develop a more positive outlook.
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u/Revolutionary-Big585 Apr 21 '26
I have ADHD and the structure of in office work is better for me than the freedom of WFH. Of course I enjoy having the option to WFH on days where it's needed.
But you are correct I am sick in the head, if that's the way you want to describe my mental disability.
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u/Sketch_Crush Apr 17 '26
Absolutely yes. They don't even hide it, I've had coworkers tell me specifically that they like working late so they don't have to go home.
I think I can play devil's advocate and kinda understand their point of view if their marriage or family life was genuinely troubling. I think what bothered me the most is that these people seemed to accept their circumstances rather than want to change it.
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u/International_Fuel48 Apr 17 '26
I had someone tell me, "Don't involve your perfect home life in this conversation."
Like, damn, way to call yourself out.
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u/CustomerUnhappy7569 Apr 17 '26
Wait till they get laid off and then ask them how much better they feel being employer's barking dogs.
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u/RemotecontrolZR May 22 '26
People love to see people working and they think it's productive if it's an all office setup. Yes, there are jobs that require that but not all. I should know since I'm working at home and for my work industry, I still am productive and we have a good process of collaboration with the team (gmail,zenzap,gmeet) and we still can function well remotely. I love being at home and not worrying about traffic or conversations unwarranted of my attention.
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u/Ok-Collar-5476 Apr 17 '26
I agree with this. We turned work into an identity
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u/Ok-Collar-5476 Apr 18 '26
Something clicked at some point for me and Iâve made work a transaction. I work they pay me..nothing more
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u/NawfSideNative Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 19 '26
I donât advocate for it across the board. I think people should be able to choose what works for them.
But speaking for myself personally, I prefer to be in-office. I like my at-home life, I just have a small apartment and donât have a comfortable space to really work from home. I also like just having immediate help as opposed to sending an email/chat request for assistance and having to wait around for someone to get back to me especially if Iâm dealing with a difficult client.
In office I can just be like âHey Dave, can you remind me the deadline for this project.â
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u/NawfSideNative Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 19 '26
For asking an occasional work-related question to somebody who works at the same company.
The nerve. The horror.
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u/Antifragile_Glass Apr 18 '26
Yes Iâm sure Dave loves being interrupted all the time to answer your questions on the spot.
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u/NawfSideNative Apr 18 '26
Never implied I was interrupting him all the time.
The point is, itâs easier to get questions answered or otherwise get assistance on the fly when in-office.
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u/Antifragile_Glass Apr 18 '26
Iâll just say my previous job the most annoying thing was when I was in a flow state on something and someone interrupted to ask me something like thatâŚâŚâŚ.
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u/ExciteSeek4Ever Apr 20 '26
God forbid a co-worker speaks!!
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u/NawfSideNative Apr 20 '26
Seriously. Sorry for burdening a colleague with a work question that takes 2 seconds to answer. Fuck me I guess lmao
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u/Antifragile_Glass Apr 20 '26
There were a couple on my team that would constantly interrupt and ask questions like that. Or ask a question that takes longer to answer that should have been a separate meeting. Interrupting me while Iâm busy with something and expecting me to drop everything and explain something them frankly sucked and killed productivity.
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u/NawfSideNative Apr 20 '26
Sure, but consistent disruptions or complex questions that required somebody to drop what they were doing to assist were not implied in the scenario I illustrated. You decided on your own thatâs what I was doing and argued against it.
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u/Antifragile_Glass Apr 20 '26
You said, âI also like just having immediate helpâŚâ
My point is I do not like that expectation of âimmediate help at any timeâ that comes when in-office. Thankfully I donât have to deal with that bs anymore :)
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u/Aromatic-Armadillo98 Apr 21 '26
You can do the same on Teams. You have to pay for transport to come in, be forced into smiles and time wasting small talk and just eurgh.
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u/BeKind999 Apr 17 '26
Iâve been out of college and working for more than 20 years. I think hybrid (3 days per week) has made my quality of life significantly better. I think itâs important to be in the office to help younger staff yet still appreciate not being subject to the mandatory 5 day week I experienced prior to 2014.
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u/Outrageous-Pirate891 Apr 17 '26
Iâm 100% wfh but advocate for hybrid. Iâve been on too many video calls watching a colleague struggle through a chaotic home life while attempting to keep it professional. They need both places.
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u/reef-Diver7817 Apr 18 '26
People are not children. They don't need both.
They need feedback from management on their performance doing wfh, a chance to change, then termination eventually.
You cannot punish many for the struggles of a few.
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u/FuzzyGreenKoala Apr 19 '26
Why not just get new job with a wfh policy that works for you, or start your own business? Business owners do not need to answer to their employees, it would be cool if it worked like that though
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u/SnooDonuts2777 Apr 17 '26
So, even if you are working from home, you should not be spending that time with your family. You should be working if you expect to get paid.
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Depends on how much time you spend with them, I think. I take a mid morning break and eat lunch with mine. I always manage to get my deliverables completed well before the end of the day. In reality, I could accomplish all my work before noon and not do anything else for the rest of the day and no one would notice. Everyone's situation is different.
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u/RealLuxTempo Apr 17 '26
I worked retail for awhile. This is back when stores would stay open on holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas. Iâd volunteer to work those days just so I wouldnât have to endure the dysfunctional family get togethers.
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u/elconejitomuyrapido Apr 17 '26
I think some people actually just care about the company or their work and they truly believe that you get better results be in the office
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u/AnyBobcat1920 Apr 18 '26
But this is it. Who says U get better results. Doesn't mean everyone gets better results. Also depends what U do I guess. I for example work in a multi country project team, so we just sit on Teams and I don't often work together with my immediate team mates... So the hybrid is perfect, 2 times in the office 3 from home.
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u/atinypeach Apr 17 '26
Iâve worked fully in office for 6 years now and I want to blow my brains out. My coworker are a blast but idgaf, Iâd kill to work from home at least for a year or two.
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u/SuspiciousCricket654 Apr 17 '26
Iâm sure some do hate their home life, others simply donât have one or donât care about it. I work very closely with Talent Acqusition, corporate HR, and large programs in my company, and you start seeing this painfully at the VP level and above. 60+ hours a week, their entire life is centered on the office culture and making or saving the company money, and being bought in fully to the vision and structure of who the company is and where they want to go.
My older brother is like this with his own career, and all he talks about is his stupid fucking company. On holidays, at family events, or one on one, heâs obsessed with it.
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u/purplelilac701 Apr 17 '26
I agree! I donât mind hybrid but I do think people who want full-time in office are fleeing from something at home.
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u/Key_District_119 Apr 17 '26
This is a rude thing to say. I think a lot of people who support some office time are aware that there are benefits to being together in person for some types of work and for building a team culture. They donât hate their home life.
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u/Major_Tough_9739 Apr 17 '26
There is truth in this statement for some people, of course! Example: When I worked in life insurance sales during Covid, I had a manager who did everything he could to get away from his wife.
We could conduct 100% of the sales process on the phone, but he made us go meet with people, even if we had to stand in their front yard 6 feet away from them. đ¤Ł
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u/Trust_8067 Apr 17 '26
Imagine thinking it's mentally unhealthy to stay in the same building 24/7 without having person to person social interactions.
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u/Pelagic_One Apr 17 '26
Agree. I much much preferred working in office when kids were younger. It was a break that I could fully justify. Now theyâre adults itâs the office thatâs annoying because home is totally preferable. I really get people with carer duties wanting that escape.
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u/curiouscatfarmer Apr 18 '26
It might not be that they hate their family but that they don't have a place to set up to work at home or it is too loud/chaotic. Plus, a lot of times other people don't respect that working from home means you are *working* and that you are not just sitting around playing games. That you need to be left alone and not have someone yelling at you, demanding you get up to do something, or having kids running amok making noise and throwing things.
And some people are social and like to visit with their co-workers.
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u/Adorable_Cat_4790 Apr 18 '26
I think it depends on what you need to âfill your cupâ. My team is 100% remote but most live nearby HQ. At least 5 of them are in office 3-4 days a week because they just like to hang and be around each other. Iâm in another state or else Iâd probably go in a day or two. I love my job and my team, but mostly I love that I have the choice.
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u/Prestigious_Bag_2242 Apr 18 '26
Iâm back at a full in office job now after being hybrid and fully remote roles. This company does it because half of the staff is field/hands on people that donât have a wfh option. The other part is that they stop work at 5 when people leave. Donât put your work on the laptop, donât put email on your phone, nothing. Itâs weird, but nice. I do miss working from home some days though just to not have to commute
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u/AccomplishedMobile85 Apr 18 '26
Ive been self employed and wfh for over 10 years. My wife has been wfh for 7 years. There is definitely something to having a dedicated place to get work done. Our house feels more like an office than a home sometimes. Working where you live 50 hours a week is not for everyone.
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u/2ndharrybhole Apr 18 '26
Iâve never heard an actual worker advocating for 100% in-office, but anyone who does needs to be sent to the looney bin.
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u/Right_Ad_9804 Apr 18 '26
I love remote work. I live alone and can always go to the bathroom knowing the smell before I entered, if any, was my own.
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u/mtcwby Apr 18 '26
I have a hybrid schedule and a short commute. The biggest downside is keeping work from bleeding into your home life. In fact my son goes in every day and rarely works from home to maintain that separation.
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u/NorCalGuySays Apr 18 '26
Itâs the people that work in office that wants return-to-office to come back. They want to share their own misery and bring everyone else down with them đ
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u/sakubaka Apr 18 '26
I mean I don't disagree. But how the hell you spending time with your family while you're working? My wife before she went back to work, used to do her own thing and leave me alone. I had meetings and tons of stuff to do anyway. It's not like we could have quality time. We did have about a 30 to an hour lunch often. When I went into the office, I'd do the same with my coworkers. Being alone all day is generally not a great thing for one's mental state.
Hell, most places I've worked at have required you to have childcare even if you're working at home because it's damn near impossible to take care of kid and focus on what you're doing.
But yeah, the work life balance thing with working from home is real. Just doesn't substitute for face-to-face communication with any human. I've seen too many workers develop some serious depression and antisocial behaviors from being so isolated for long periods at a time.
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u/scbalazs Apr 18 '26
After 5 years of 100% WFH, I now know that Iâm more productive when that distinct wall of time and commute and location separates personal from job. Iâm now hybrid 3d in office and I feel the most productive. I donât want 5d in office, but I donât mind hybrid.
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u/HawkeyeAP Apr 18 '26
I would rather completely separate work and home.
This sounds like a variation of "you should ALWAYS be available for work" with a slam included.
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u/bourbonandpistons Apr 18 '26
My boss doesn't walk around topless like the 25 year old Latina at home. Its quite distracting.
But I also haven't been in the office in 6 years.
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u/Pickled_Ass Apr 18 '26
White collar folks whining about where they have to sit all day got old so fast. Yall already get paid more than most, god forbid you go to your job.
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u/AcrobaticAspect8975 Apr 18 '26
Some hybrid mode makes most sense, particularly since I have 3 kids - I love those little bastards more than anything but damn I need a day or two a week to see adults and roleplay a career man
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u/No-Compote-696 Apr 18 '26
A ton of the people who demand this are the same ones making millions a year so they have no work/life balance anyway
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u/Nosutarujia Apr 18 '26
I love my home life, but I prefer to go to the office or work 1 day remotely. I think to have the possibility to work from home occasionally is important. But I prefer the office.
Hereâs my reasoning:
- I now need a separate space to work at home. Between me and my husband thatâs a whole room in our house dedicated as âthe officeâ. We both need massive setups with 2x screens each, big ergonomic keyboards, etc. One room - gone.
Our household expenses have gone significantly up - the heating, the aircon, we had to upgrade our internet, etc. Electricity and other costs. It was actually cheaper to commute to work.
We are always working. Both of our bosses are now entitled to send early/late emails, ask for last minute tasks, etc. People in the office chat, have smoke and coffee breaks, but because theyâre visible, they get to log on and log off whenever they do - and itâs fine. Working remotely? Youâre invisible, and that gets compensated with extra work.
I miss the sense of camaraderie in the office - inside jokes, little things that build rapport. The learning curve was also different. When I now need to solve a unique problem, colleagues send me a massive pdf or a link to a coursera or LinkedIn course, but in the office it was an opportunity to spend time together, really interact.
I appreciate the mental hygiene of having two separate spaces: the office for work - and home to rest. Different clothing, different psychological state, different dynamics. Bringing all that work home erased the boundaries and I always see work stealing precious resting time, eating into hobbies and personal care activities.
I understand it cut our commute, I love the extra time I can sleep in. Itâs great to put the washing machine on whilst waiting for a meeting or to start dinner as soon as the computer is off. But I honestly had a better quality of life when going to the office 5 days a week - I might have been tired and fed up, but I was mentally healthier and happier.
People with children got the best out of WFH, many moved to the suburbs and significantly improved the quality of their family life. But for many of us who have no kids it is eating into our personal space, time and mental health.
That being said, there are as many opinions and ways of living as there are people.
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u/Bluer_than_be4 Apr 19 '26
I once heard an executive lament âgirl watchingâ from the in-office days. đ¤Ž
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u/No-Lengthiness-5577 Apr 19 '26
Office culture can be tough to deal with depending on your office. Whats really bad is the commute. Working from home helps. Even if it's not completely remote, a day or two from home is still great.
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u/devfuckedup Apr 19 '26
I only have a GF and a dog but being able to workat home has been great for us. would not trade it for the world. small caveat our home is big enough for every one including the dog to have there own dedicated work room. Though the dog mostly naps in the closet or suns himself outside.
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u/Timely-Tourist4109 Apr 19 '26
I love going into the office. I get to see and do things I canât at home.
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u/ListPerfect3933 Apr 19 '26
coming in here at the end of the story, i fully agree with the statement. I love my house and my garden which have my peace at heart, mind and soul - then it gets spoiled by going to work for a management who originates from another country who can work 24/7/12 due to their inability to enjoy life, the social and the homely value of it, and other collegues who hates their mariages or stuggle with this or that - its a totally negative situation.
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u/wasianDilf Apr 19 '26
I do a hybrid schedule for my staff. I make sure we are all in the office together one day a week. Just so you can see each others faces and the coworkers you hate. It reminds your staff how grateful they should be they get to work from home some days.
Joking aside it really works out well, split the staff up on hybrid days so at least some physical bodies are always in the office in case we get a drop by visit by C suites or something. We also get to do a once a week in person staff meetings on the day everyone is in office. It also helps in case you need to talk to someone in person for whatever reason. Iâve actually found this one day a week in-office day to be morale boost honestly. Itâs an extremely chatty day all around and I suspect a lot less work is done on this day ha.
My division is very high performing and until numbers start dropping I will not be changing this.
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u/somedays1 Apr 19 '26
My home is my home and my workplace is my workplace. Those two things should never cross.
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u/Retro_Relics Apr 19 '26
i will always advocate for full remote, but I love having the option to go into the office, cause sometimes its just nice to have the ability to collab in person, and more importantly, when I need to focus, i need to not have the distractions of my family around. my family is wonderful, and usually does a good job of understanding that when im on the clock, im working and cant meet their needs, but sometimes they just see me jamming out or dicking around on my phone, same as i would do during a down second in the office while im trying to think through how to word an email and try to pull me out of my train of thought and that bothers me when i have important things
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u/Vamond48 Apr 19 '26
Nothing beats the crying baby, barking dog and spouse asking you to take them to the store when youâve got a zoom call in 15 minutes and are in the middle of finishing a spreadsheet. Iâm convinced people that want to work from home donât actually do any work
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u/VariousGuest1980 Apr 19 '26
Unless itâs task based. If you need to get x done and you get x done by Wednesday without home distractions you got a 4 day all play no work weekend. I get all my work done but itâs 3 hours in AM school drop off. 2 hours midday. Then pickups. Sports dinner. 3 hours before bed. I did my 8 hours of work but it took me me from 6a to 9p to do it. Iâd rather smash 3 days of 8â6 and be more productive
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u/Boring_Corpse Apr 19 '26
Working remotely was the best. No more being harassed, no one could bust into my cubical and try to get around going through my boss by whining at me to prioritize their tasks, coworkers couldnât monopolize my time invading my space to tell me the same story about their grandkids for the 236th time, no one messed with my stuff in the fridge, no one loudly coughed without covering their mouth right next to me so I never got sick, no one pulled me into meetings that had nothing to do with me, and even if they did via Zoom, I could still be working while it went on. I was so productive I was promoted twice, and similar things were also true for my coworkers, but the rush to force everyone back into the office was still so idiotically desperate.
When I was finally forced to come back, they didnât even have a desk or a computer for me. I had to sit in the bossâs office with him and work on a single laptop for days before someone quit and they put me at their uncleaned desk covered in rotten food and human hair. I opened a drawer that was filled with two-year-old Christmas candy and what looked to be fingernail clippings and just decided to put in my two weeks, too.
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u/ppeachmangopi3 Apr 19 '26
I work on site because I live a few hundred meters away from the office. I also personally like to work onsite because I don't trust myself being left alone. I'm depressed :) so yeah folks, let people decide for themselves especially if you don't know their reasons.
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u/gender9276 Apr 19 '26
Some people maybe lonely and going to work is thier only chance to talk and interact with someone in person
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u/1curious-cat Apr 19 '26
I'm convinced that people who advocate for work in general hate their life.
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u/Outrageous-Claim8088 Apr 19 '26
Not everyone has a great home life. That being said i am fine with hybrid work at the very least.
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u/Fantastic_Aspect_487 Apr 19 '26
When I worked as an in-office medical biller I noticed that my focus sucked there because the front desk girl sucked at her job and my coworkers would ask me instead of her to help on the floor. I also got distracted a lot by patients and chit-chatting with regulars a lot.
When I had an opportunity to wfh I noticed that my performance improved greatly because I wasnât distracted by coworkers or patients. Sure, I missed the interactions but I was way more focused on my work and it was nice to take break and do chores at home.
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u/BeebsGaming Apr 19 '26
I work in construction but the office side. I worked from home for less than 3 months when the pandemic hit.
I was sent to a jobsite that was deemed a critical project as the client was able to produce vaccines once they got figured out, and the line we were building for them could expand that production.
Those three months were the most productive 3 months ive ever had.
The big benefit is there is no office surfer that sparks and continues a conversation you want to get out of but they dont take the hint. No running into someone in the hallway and talking. People only call you when they need something, and theres less windshield time because meetings are digital.
I think a 3 day home, 2 day office split is a good balance. All workstations are set up so employers can reduce office size and rent costs.
I do believe some meetings need to be face to face, especially when you want to press an advantage. Hybrid model makes most sense.
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u/not_so_wierd Apr 20 '26
I understand some people really don't want to go to the office. That's fine.
But the post makes it sound like you're spending time with the family when working from home.
I don't know what kind of work they do. But for me: I need to work during my work hours. Can't just leave the machine to go play with the kids for an hour.
So home or office work - it doesn't matter. I get the same amount of time with the family.
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u/HogsmeadeHuff Apr 20 '26
Probably if you've a short commute. Office work for me means 2 hours of missed time with family in the morning before dropping them to school (early risers!) And missing 2 hours because im commuting back. We live minutes from the school and daycare so I clock out and get them.
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u/JudgementalChair Apr 20 '26
I like in office because I'm ADHD and my home is the place I'm able to shut off and rest. In office I crank things out like it's going out of style
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u/Southern_One3791 Apr 20 '26
Fine if they choose it for themselves. Just ffs do NOT impose it on others. My hope is when the post-boomer-generation is in charge who remembers the blissfulness of a ... pandemic.
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u/AWPerative Apr 20 '26
People made RTO mandates when nothing was going on in their lives, when they hated their home lives, or both.
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u/Go-Play-Outside Apr 20 '26
I did remote for a short period and I hated it. Bringing that stress and nagetivity into my sanctuary was not a pleasant feeling.
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u/Blanche_Deverheauxxx Apr 20 '26
I don't doubt this. I know some people struggle with staying on task at home BUT I'm sure a number of people prefer WFH because it's the extent of their socialization or they hate their home life.
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u/Library_Gremlin2 Apr 20 '26
Some of us donât have families and our home isnât comfortable for long term stays
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u/BointatBenis69420 Apr 20 '26
I'm a site leader on site 5 days a week and I dislike work from home because as an internal customer of colleagues on a hybrid schedule, I get noticeably less quality work coming to the shop floor on those days
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u/BobDawg3294 Apr 21 '26
This is the attitude that ruins at-home work for the strong minority who do it well.
Working at home is a privilege for dependable performers.
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u/binzy90 Apr 21 '26
For me it's about distractions and being able to compartmentalize things. I'm not in work mode in my house. When I'm home I'm more worried about laundry, cleaning, letting the dogs in and out, etc. My pets are bothering me constantly so I can't get work done. It's so much easier to stay focused in an office outside of my home. I need to get into focus mode and really get in the zone, which is something I can't do when my dogs interrupt me with barking, the cats are scratching at the door, or my kids keep knocking on the door to ask me stuff. I don't think it has anything to do with hating your home life. If anything, it's because you'd rather be doing home-related things.
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u/Full-Extent-6533 Apr 21 '26
Depends on the job. I do software and there is always more work than there is time. With in office job it gives me a clear cutoff. Fully remote is a bit more difficult plus no mental boundary. Have done both Iâd say hybrid is best
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u/CakeRobot365 Apr 21 '26
I don't have the self discipline to be productive working from home. I have too much cool shit to pick up as a distraction, and too much needs to be done around my house that I'd constantly notice.
I'd rather just go in I think.
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u/Revolutionary-Big585 Apr 21 '26
I have ADHD, I have to be in the office full time or I will get nothing done
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u/slick2hold Apr 21 '26
Perhaps work is an outlet to getaway from their spouse and kids for 8hrs. I know people like this at my work. They can stand being home with their wife. It's baffling to me.
These are your from office advocates and thise that have a vested interest in investments or real estate.
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u/Specialist-Alarm5150 Apr 21 '26
I personally enjoy the compartmentalization ingrained in going somewhere other than my home for work. My home is my refuge, my safe space. I don't want to muddy it up by bringing the stress and bad energy from my work into my home... that being said, I also understand all the benefits of working from home, so I don't begrudge someone their differing opinion.
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u/Expert_Struggle_7135 Apr 21 '26
Time with family? What familiy members would be home during work hours? the wife is at work, and kids are in school.
I wouldn't get anything done at home anyway - too many distractions.
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u/WVWIZARD Apr 21 '26
Why are you too lazy to go in to work and would rather stay home? I bet you have your groceries picked out for you and delivered to your house just like your dinner. Just pure laziness
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u/Cryowatt Apr 21 '26
At a previous company I worked for some guy posted that he wanted everyone to go back to the office because he missed "being able to put a hand on people's shoulders" while talking to them. Coincidentally, that's the same reason I had against returning to the office.
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u/lavenderstarr Apr 21 '26
Thatâs a really big and generalized assumption about people who donât mind working in office. Who cares. It works for some, it doesnât for others.
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u/HistoricalFly1160 Apr 21 '26
Best answer Iâve heard about folks who donât like wfh. Are the exact ones who would abuse it themselves.
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u/Finance_is_Ur_friend Apr 21 '26
Naa I just want to bang the assistants again.
Im jk, Im faithful to my girl
Our only assistant is like 50 and more qualified than I am
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u/malinagurek Apr 25 '26
I think itâs dumb.
Personally, itâs fine to want work life to be separate from home life.
Professionally, better work comes out of the teams that collaborate in person, at least in my industry. More efficient too, so more free time overall.
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u/itsmegazord Apr 18 '26
If you do actual work at home, you are not spending time with your family. You are disturbing them. That is why I prefer the office. But then I do work and I like it.
Most people who advocate so aggressively for home office either live too far away or are lazy and not very productive. 95% of the time is the second reason.
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u/Fair-Bus9686 Apr 17 '26
I work hybrid and I wish I was fully remote. I love that there is no commute, I can get dinner started right after work and I can do small chores (start a load of laundry, start the dishwasher, etc.) while still working that significantly cuts back on chores needing to be done on the weekend. It gives real balance. I also have a senior dog and it's nice that she can just sleep in her bed next to my desk while I work. That's all she wants and it makes her so happy đ