They’re now trying to fix stupid, with more stupid, for the mess THEY created.
Society is depressed — and for good reason. But nothing a good fight can’t solve.
The idea of perpetual productivity increases is total horseshit.
Hiring unqualified personnel will always decrease output.
I QC distribution engineering jobs.
The number of mistakes per job has multiplied in direct correlation to women and minority hires.
If I had to go into the office, I would get fired for speaking the truth.
I take my time and write things down, contemplate, then send the email.
Most office jobs are ultimately going to end up as 100% on-site or 100% remote. The economics of the hybrid model simply don't work once you sit down and look at the numbers.
Hybrid work is a relic that continues to this day only because employers are still working through the post-COVID era with legacy office leases. Once those leases come up for renewal, the game changes dramatically for most employers. I don't know anyone who would sit down and plan a new office for a new company based on a hybrid operating model for the staff.
I am far more productive working from home but it’s not for everyone. I no longer have to deal with the problems of lazy people trying to get me to do their work. I can stay more focused on the task. It’s amazing how much can get done without distraction.
The "disadvantage" is that hybrid work schedules are ruining urban downtowns. The businesses rely on the lunchtime commerce that workers partake in, including dining, errand shopping, messenger services, office supplies, etc. Small businesses may close or lay off workers, and the cities will lose sales and business taxes by keeping the workers home.
-PJ
My son-in-law has an internet presence that employs about 60 developers. His lease expired at the end of 2020. He never renewed it. His developers are actually more productive now.
my boss requested i return to the office
i said no
that was the end of the conversation
“...concentrated work time...”
As opposed to what?
Catatonic work time?
“Don’t bother me before my morning methadone shot!”
Bob Slydell : You see, what we're actually trying to do here is, we're trying to get a feel for how people spend their day at work... so, if you would, would you walk us through a typical day, for you?
Peter Gibbons : Yeah.
Bob Slydell : Great.
Peter Gibbons : Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way Lumbergh can't see me, heh heh - and, uh, after that I just sorta space out for about an hour.
Bob Porter : Da-uh? Space out?
Peter Gibbons : Yeah, I just stare at my desk; but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch, too. I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.
I’m the exact opposite. I’m not ever going back to the office if I can possibly avoid it.
Before I retired, I could probably have done a good percentage of my work at home, but by no means all of it. Since I had to go in practically every day anyway, WFH was never a factor. As far as I was concerned, work was work and home was where I went to get away from work. If something needed to be done after hours or on a day off, I’d just go in and do it, because it was a short commute in that small town anyway.
Saw a few coworkers get drawn into the trap of never having any real time off at home, because there was always something else that “had” to be done right now. And there were plenty of people who used WFH as an opportunity for screwing off, too.
Maybe stop cutting staff. That’s been such a religion for so long, barebones staffing, do more with less. Work from home coincided with the employees finally saying “if you’re only going to give us half the staff we need you only get half the work.”
This all makes me glad I sold my business and building before the pandemic.