Posted on 06/07/2022 6:22:42 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
To Jonathan Pruiett, it just didn't make sense.
A geospatial analyst who updates Google maps for a living, Pruiett had been called back to his company's offices in Bothell, Washington, five days a week, starting June 6.
Like many on his team, Pruiett had only worked remotely, having started the job in the pandemic. He'd adapted well to it, finding efficiencies such as multitasking during virtual meetings, using the time to process data.
And yet, now he was being told to report to office. Anyone who failed to report within three days of the return date would be processed as having abandoned their job.
"Nothing will change other than having a couple snacks in our office and having an in-person meeting," Pruiett said. "We're kind of starting to think that this job isn't worth it."
Source of tension between workers and bosses
More than two years into a pandemic that has no clear end, the debate over remote work has only intensified. Working from home isn't possible in many jobs. But for those who have the option, it's now evident that it is feasible, even beneficial.
But how beneficial is a point of contention between workers and their bosses. Some bosses are deciding too much is lost when people aren't in the office and it's time to come back.
Tesla boss Elon Musk is one of them. He recently emailed his employees with the subject line "Remote work is no longer acceptable." He reasoned that Tesla creates and makes "the most exciting and meaningful products of any company on Earth. This will not happen by phoning it in."
Musk told them anyone wishing to do remote work "must be in the office for a minimum (and I mean *minimum*) of 40 hours per week."
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Yep. The novelty will wear off soon. Unless they've been doing "pretend work" the entire time like Elon Musk said.
With communists running DC, and both us of likely knowing the history of communism? They’ll find some way of blowing it up.
How much is your weekly fuel cost commuting to and from the office?
We got guns though. It wasn't exactly the case in other countries. But you're right, after what happened on 1/6/2022, it's wise to avoid D.C.
Amen brother. 👍
DC had riots, just like a lot of other cities, in 2020. People are being put in danger in that area, being called back to the office.
After your first few jobs, how did you learn about new positions? Through your friends.
Working from home is cool if you’re at the top of your field and just coasting. But if you want to get ahead, you’ll need friends and contacts — face-to-face contacts that you make in the office.
LinkedIn, Monster, Indeed — people see my resume and send out feelers, too.
I got my current job, ironically, through somebody I used to work for face to face. I called him on the phone, he referred me to somebody in the know, and on May 8, 2000, I started my position.
Agreed.
Put your big boy pants back on Pruiett and get to work.
We are in the DC area not far from Silver Spring.
One thing we really enjoyed about ‘lockdown’ was the almost complete lack of traffic for a long time.
Even before Covid, the drivers here had become very selfish, irresponsible and reckless. It was nice not having to deal with that, but it came with a downside - they got WORSE with Covid and the empty roads!
I don’t have to deal with it anymore, I decided to retire. But my poor husband still does. We are just hoping that things improve as they realize they’re back dealing with constant congestion.
But a lot of the drivers around here are terrible. Be glad you’re gone.
Its not the office most the time, its the commute.
Too true. A round trip to the office costs me 3.5 gallons a day. At $4.70/gal that’s $82.25 a week just for gas. However, the depreciation on my car is even more. Figure 125000 miles to lose 80% of the value. At 200 miles a week for. $60k car that’s $153.60 a week. Ignoring maintenance that’s $235.85 out of my pocket every week that I’m NOT paying out by working from home. My pay is not going to increase to cover this if I go back to the office
Plus my boss lives in Texas most of my coworkers are in California and my office is in Atlanta. What’s the point? If it weren’t for the light speed delay I could live on the moon and they’d never know.
The computer stuff I do frequently has run times of an hour or more at the office that’s wasted time. At home I can do other stuff and run multiple jobs until I go to bed.
So you office types can pretend to be virtuous but I’ll be a lot better off working from home unless forced to go to the office and in that case it’s AMF
In the medical insurance claims payment world, work from home is yhe best, claim examers get a list of claims to pay, auditors get a list of claims to audit, and the claims recovery specialist get a list of claim to get the money overpaid, all can be done from home, I loved it.
Everyone loves office work...
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Do not take my Red stapler
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Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqxjRzzGn8k
Office Space - Motivation Problems (1999)
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Rd later.
One or two days in the office and the rest remote seems like a good compromise between employers and employees, especially in these high gas price times.
Wasn’t Musk recently praising Chinese forced labor, I mean, workers over Americans recently? He’s just another in a long line of cult of personality CEOs.
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