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Originally Posted by fotze2
I curse the companies that are eliminating the working from home during my commute. No reason 75% of these people need to come into the office every day, but I attribute to 3 things:
- Old school (white) guys who bristle at the thought of not being in attendance in person at 7 am. And yes, the new school guys trained by the old school ones just parrot the same attitude.
- All you dogfataers ruined it for the rest of people
- If I have to suffer with a commute, then damn well you need to suffer as well.
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This is the thing that I try and remind people of.
WFH is a much more complex issue than some people seem to think it is.
Your points are accurate, there is a lot that can be done with WFH eliminating the need for a commute, there is a lot of 'in office work' that can be attributed to 'The Old Guard' but there is still so much more.
I said it a long time ago, but its going to take a long, long time to iron out the kinks in WFH to make it realistic long-term for some organizations.
But also...
There absolutely were a lot of people who thought WFH meant 'Day Off' and probably just as many who really weren't suited to it insofar as they couldn't stop and just kept working and as such the work/home line got blurred.
The stories I could tell you of people who abused the hell out of WFH would probably shock some and not even remotely surprise others.
People abused the hell out of CERB and a lot of them similarly abused the hell out of WFH.
Which in turn tends to convince the 'Old White Guys' that they were right all along and galvanizes their resolve against it.
Its gonna take a long time.