@walruslifestyle @Mabande @mac Mandatory WFH fucked me over badly and was literally destroying my life. Trying to make this about anything else then making sure people work where they work best is destructive on the same level and empoyees/employers demanding you are coming to the office/WFH.
There is no "both sides" there is people, and everything trying to make this about "office side vs WFH side" is part problematic at the very least.
@walruslifestyle @Mabande @mac Further more, tons of articles, social media post, etc etc claiming that you work better from home feels very demeaning when WFH fucked up your life for 2 -3 years just because some people work better from home. Great, then work from home. I'm not going to tell you shouldn't, I rather have a coworker that is happy then one that is depressed because they have to come to the office.
@wyri @walruslifestyle @mac This is exactly the thing tho': the push for WFO isn't a "do what's best for you" thing, but "WFO is mandatory" and increasingly "no hybrid" and that's why your first post is taken as both siding a very clear issue.
I do understand that mandatory WFH was hard for a lot of people and I'm sorry it caused you harm.
@Mabande @walruslifestyle @mac My job is pretty much remote/hydbrid/office pick one and be happy, with loads of people in remote. So in that sense, I'm sad to hear about hybrid less being an option. My main goal with that initial post was to give a different point of view while complementing the core message that enforcing where to work on people is bad. If you think I could have used different wording without making it sound as both siding I would love to know.
@wyri @walruslifestyle @mac Both siding might have been the wrong critique, it's more like the "not all men" thing: we _know_ not all WFO appreciators demand everyone WFO all the time whether it's the best option or not, but the ones we're discussing are.
So jumping in with nuancing is more of a nuisance even though it's in good faith.
@Mabande @walruslifestyle @mac Fair enough, but I don't see the "we know" at all. It's often like that part is just silently implied instead of acknowledged. And I responded to this Toot specifically because it wasn't as hardcore as other takes passing by on this and focussed on the human aspect.
If anything my initial Toot was a "don't forget about us who need the office" Toot.