Is going back to the office worth it if it makes you less productive? After years of building an efficient home workspace, this engineer was required to return to the office under a new collaboration initiative. Instead of improving teamwork, the move left them dealing with outdated monitors, unreliable internet, uncomfortable equipment, and constant distractions. …
Seguir leyendo Company orders engineer back to the office for “collaboration,” where outdated equipment and slow internet double his workload: ‘The technical absurdity of returning to a ‘professional’ office’
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CEO Mandates Employees Work in the Office 5 Days a Week, Despite The Fact That he Never Works in the Office
Rules for thee, but not for me. Your daily commute can greatly impact your feelings about your job. If you don’t like your job, but only have to walk five minutes to get to it, that might make you like it more. If you love your job but have to travel three hours round-trip to …
Seguir leyendo CEO Mandates Employees Work in the Office 5 Days a Week, Despite The Fact That he Never Works in the Office
‘It costs me $7,820 a year to come back’: Remote worker adds up the total cost of returning to the office 2 days/week, is baffled by the number
How much would it truly cost for you to return to the office? There is a hidden cost to everything, even commuting to an office, as proved by this remote work Reddit post. The realities of jobs are sometimes far different from the fantasies we are fed when we’re signing up. Things also have a …
Seguir leyendo ‘It costs me $7,820 a year to come back’: Remote worker adds up the total cost of returning to the office 2 days/week, is baffled by the number
Company refuses to allow employee to work remotely after firing all of his team who used to work in the office: ‘I come in 4 days a week to sit in a silent office.’
What’s the point of coming into the office if none of your coworkers are there? A few short years ago, I thought that remote work was here to stay. Every employee got a taste of one of the perks usually reserved for the upper crust, and I didn’t think they’d let it go easily. Unfortunately, …
Seguir leyendo Company refuses to allow employee to work remotely after firing all of his team who used to work in the office: ‘I come in 4 days a week to sit in a silent office.’
Boss demands Marketing Coordinator work from the office alone while all other employees are working from home: ‘I asked if I could go to work from home and she has just ghosted me.’
Is there any value in having an employee work from the office by himself? I find great value in working alongside others. I get so much more done working in a cafe with my friends than I do working at home, lying in bed in my pajamas, and a lot of Work from Home evangelists …
Seguir leyendo Boss demands Marketing Coordinator work from the office alone while all other employees are working from home: ‘I asked if I could go to work from home and she has just ghosted me.’
Company announces return to office 2 days after employee signs a lease on an apartment 45 minutes away from the office: ‘I have been remote for 3 years.’
He’s got bad luck. Your daily commute can greatly impact your feelings about your job. If you don’t like your job, but only have to walk five minutes to get to it, that might make you like it more. If you love your job but have to travel three hours round-trip to get to it, …
Seguir leyendo Company announces return to office 2 days after employee signs a lease on an apartment 45 minutes away from the office: ‘I have been remote for 3 years.’
Company forces worker to commute 40 minutes 2/week just to sit in a room alone taking Zoom meetings
Would you commute to an office just to sit in a room by yourself? There has been a big push back to the office in the last couple of years, for reasons that sometimes seem mysterious. It’s unclear how much of an impact it has on productivity, but many workers have become comfortable with working …
Seguir leyendo Company forces worker to commute 40 minutes 2/week just to sit in a room alone taking Zoom meetings
Boston-based company requires remote North Carolinian employee to work from a coworking space 2 days a week: ‘I do the same work I do at home from a louder room with worse coffee.’
Why are they requiring her to do something so tedious with no follow-up? I find great value in working alongside others. I get so much more done working in a cafe with my friends than I do working at home laying in bed in my pajamas, and a lot of Work from Home evangelists don’t …
Seguir leyendo Boston-based company requires remote North Carolinian employee to work from a coworking space 2 days a week: ‘I do the same work I do at home from a louder room with worse coffee.’
Company forces hardworking remote employee to return to the office; employee does half as much work in the office as he did when working from home: ‘I probably put 10-12 hours of work in per day, because I could squeeze it in anywhere.’
He was the poster child for successful work-from-home employees, and they took it away from him. Spring 2021 was probably one of the most productive times in my entire life. I was a junior in college and had 18 credit hours, which is a lot more than I had in basically any other semester. I …
Seguir leyendo Company forces hardworking remote employee to return to the office; employee does half as much work in the office as he did when working from home: ‘I probably put 10-12 hours of work in per day, because I could squeeze it in anywhere.’
Company allows high-performing employees to work from home, forces everyone to return to office when underperforming employees complain: ‘Because others are underperforming, we have to return to office full time.’
They should’ve used working from home as a reward in the first place. How should a company motivate its employees to perform well? You might think that employees should be intrinsically motivated to do well just for the sake of doing well and promoting the company, but we all know that’s not always how it …
Seguir leyendo Company allows high-performing employees to work from home, forces everyone to return to office when underperforming employees complain: ‘Because others are underperforming, we have to return to office full time.’