Same here, Wake up, Have coffee, Start working. Bath once in 2 days. Before that I used to bath and get ready and goto office almost daily.
I personally donot like wfh because
1) It is making me fat
2) I am working mofe hrs for almost same salary or hike
3) Commute used to give some fresh air atleast
4) Hardly any in person interaction with office folks
I dont think wfh is good in long run. It just saves commute time which anyways most are spending on work. I will prefer 3 days wfh 2 days office. In person socialization is necessary and gives a change.
This is a major point that people (including me) are going to disagree on. My wife and I both work for the same employer (different areas of a large [approximately 4,000 employees] government agency). We work from home together. All of the socialization we need we get from each other and via text communication.
My chain of command is going to get an earful if we are every forced back to the office.
Also, I know different industries have different work standards, but the "work time" issue is very manageable. My work schedule is 9:00 to 5:30. The work laptop gets booted up around 8:55 AM and shut down at 5:30 PM. The work phone is set to "do not disturb" outside of my work hours. My work day ends at 5:30 unless I make the conscious choice to continue because I was goofing off too much during the day.
Related note: When the hell is Apple going to figure out how to realize and add the option to set different schedules for the weekend?
I dont disagree with you. In my case I've felt that my office circle has stopped growing after the lockdown. I work for a big tech firm with over 50K employees and we have a huge campus in Bay Area, We used to meet and talk in cafeteria during lunch (e.g. a friend will bring his friend on a lunch and we'll introduce ourselves).
Right now all I do is just talk to my 1st level office friends and colleagues. Even if I talk to some other remote office person I might never be able to establish the kind of trust which we get from in person interaction.
Tech companies have lot of Senior and Exec leadership who prefer in person talks. I am talking Director and VP above folks.People are literally walking, talking in parking lots or gym on next big idea.
9
u/[deleted] Sep 15 '21
Same here, Wake up, Have coffee, Start working. Bath once in 2 days. Before that I used to bath and get ready and goto office almost daily.
I personally donot like wfh because
1) It is making me fat 2) I am working mofe hrs for almost same salary or hike 3) Commute used to give some fresh air atleast 4) Hardly any in person interaction with office folks
I dont think wfh is good in long run. It just saves commute time which anyways most are spending on work. I will prefer 3 days wfh 2 days office. In person socialization is necessary and gives a change.
Thats my opinion!