34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to full-time office work

Re:34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to fu... by g051051 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @01:47PM (#26728272)

> your need for an instant answer often derails my work flow.

This! The office paradigm values everyone else's time over my time. It paints interruption as a virtue. My last employer (before COVID) cancelled all WFH with the statement "We all know a 15 minute face-to-face conversation is better than a 3 day email chain". What about the other 99% of my time? Any time saved by that 15 minutes interaction is dwarfed by the amount lost in other daily nonsense.

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Re:34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to fu... by VBprogrammer on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @02:17PM (#26728755)

I haven't see anyone mention, not only are you disrupting the person you have turned around to ask a question but likely 3-4 people in the immediate vicinity. Depending on your office layout and the loudness of your conversation maybe even more.

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Re:34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to fu... by g051051 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @03:37PM (#26729985)

Ugh, yes. The other "innovation" was to redo the building as an open-plan office. The increase and noise and decrease in productivity was ridiculous.

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Re:34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to fu... by dzhiurgis on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:48PM (#26731804)

Now everyone wears $500 helicopter noise cancelling headphones and you have wait it out till they are done.

I've got so used to them to get me to my zone I still use at home...

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Re:34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to fu... by g051051 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:18PM (#26732866)

In our office, wearing headphones was viewed as not being a "team player", because it dissuaded people from interrupting you!

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