The return to office mandate is such an annoyance. I hope companies who did it suffer because of it.
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2025
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They’ve Observed Teleworking for Four Years and Reached One Clear Conclusion: “Working From Home Makes Us Happier”
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One of the top tech companies in my country mandated a return to office because the boss couldn't stand that people were working from Bali instead of chatting with him at the office coffee machines in the cold Estonian winter.
Friend who works there says it's up to the team leads and few want to enforce it and risk losing people. But the CEO got his article in the newspapers saying software engineers are all lazy entitled pieces of shit, which was his real goal. He hates paying people, but the company only gets top talent because of their salaries. Nobody goes there for "innovation" anymore now that it's an established company.
For 4 years we studied water and came to the conclusion that water is made of water. And it is liquid. And wet. But we aren't sure about wetness because of some intricate terminology nuances.
Haha! Now if only the point of work was to make you happy! If research showed it made your boss wealthier then everyone would be WFH tomorrow!
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Must be banned!!!!!!! How dare Americans have a tiny bit of happiness. We must crush this before it gets out of control.
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Not that shocking. Hell, there are millions of Americans who would kill just to work indoors. Office work is the envy of every farm and trade worker with aching feet and knees and various injuries they have to nurse while they labor. Working at home??? It’s absolute luxury.
Office work is the envy of every farm and trade worker
This isn't exactly true. There are, believe it or not, people who prefer to work outdoors and do heavy labor. Especially farm work. Some people aren't really suited for office work. (pun intended)
A bit disingenuous to skip the part where their bodies are falling apart and they're in constant pain.
This makes the false assumption that office workers don't incur work related repetitive task injuries. Every lower class job, whether in an office or a field, comes with its own bodily injury index.
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This is what bombing those buildings in Fight Club was truly about!
Plagiarizing. It's spelled plagiarizing.
I thought we were social beings... With that said, ofc I would be happier with remote work only.
We are social, and being close to other people you know while being told to shut up and work is a bit grating. Bonus points if they also say it's because we're family and building community.
Oh and also btw you're disowned from the family the moment we deem there's a slight financial upside
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