Eh, I love my company and I love my coworkers and I’m unbelievably excited to see them in person.
In fact, I’ve already started going back into the office (since April) and 1) my productivity is easily 5-10x what it was before 2) I’ve had amazing so many conversations that never happened over zoom — both productive and personal - and as more of our company’s employees return over the coming months I’m even excited for more.
Most other engineers here that I’ve talked to have expressed the same sentiment. Over 50% of our SF office (hundreds of employees) has already voluntarily signed up to return over the next few weeks.
Maybe I’ll switch to a WFH company when I’m ready to start a family or something, but for now — I love my team and I can’t wait to all be back together.
Glad it's working well for you. I'm the polar opposite and I hope we both will continue to have a plentiful choice of workplaces where we can work in the style that's best for each of us.
>I hope we both will continue to have a plentiful choice of workplaces where we can work in the style that's best for each of us.
100% agreed! The sudden industry-wide acceptance of WFH is very welcome, and I'm glad that you and people like you are gaining many more options for WFH-friendly employers.
There's a good chance I'll develop a strong WFH preference over the years as my life priorities change, too. Always nice to have options.
I’d maybe get 1-2 hours of semi-productive time per day in. Write code 1 or 2 times per week. Honestly, I was pretty shocked at how I could get away with that and it was very demotivating to not have any reason to do more.
Now I’m firing on all cylinders for 7-9 hours a day, completing the entirety of a previous WFH day by 11 AM, and it feels _really_ good.
Oh, get a grip. Have you considered that other people might have different experiences from you?
The switch to WFH _destroyed_ my productivity and made me extremely depressed. At a previous company I switched to remote because of a move and the same thing happened, so it's not the pandemic that's causing it either.
Different people are different. For me, WFH is absolutely soul sucking.
You sound overly dismissive and uncharitable. There are many opportunities that occur when one doesn’t need to turn every conversation into a 30 min video call. As one example, my office (like many others) provides lunch.
In fact, I’ve already started going back into the office (since April) and 1) my productivity is easily 5-10x what it was before 2) I’ve had amazing so many conversations that never happened over zoom — both productive and personal - and as more of our company’s employees return over the coming months I’m even excited for more.
Most other engineers here that I’ve talked to have expressed the same sentiment. Over 50% of our SF office (hundreds of employees) has already voluntarily signed up to return over the next few weeks.
Maybe I’ll switch to a WFH company when I’m ready to start a family or something, but for now — I love my team and I can’t wait to all be back together.