The opposite of “return to office” advocates isn’t “work from home” advocates. It’s a rich tapestry of “open offices are distracting” people and “I’ve never gone this long without being sick” people and “commutes are a waste of time I don’t get paid for” people and “I’m an introvert and playing house with coworkers sucks the life out of me” people and “I have a family and appreciate the flexibility” people and “I primarily communicated with coworkers through Slack anyway” people and “no one wa…
@mac Exactly! In the same way that "return to office" isn't just control freak bosses/managers. It's also people "that need it for structure", people "that need people around them", people "that need a clear separation between home and work life".
@wyri @mac Honestly, the employees demanding that everyone else come in so they can hang should get a hobby, a hubby, or a social life.
I don't mind anyone (nor myself) going back into the office if it serves a purpose, what I detest is being required to because someone else has a need to see me be there while they not interact with me.
@bobmagicii @wyri @mac Sunk cost of long contracts for office space combined with managers needing to prove to their bosses that their work is necessary, along with en unhealthy dose of distrust, believing employees will slack off/go to the gym if not watched (a behavior mostly seen in the managerial class).
@Mabande @bobmagicii @wyri @mac I think that might be why the adoption of remote work is so spotty in France: it's been pointed out time and time again by economists and sociologists that distrust is a plague of French economy on several levels and in all directions.