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Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by fullshark on Monday October 11, 2021 @04:47PM (#28832866)
Being forced to travel somewhere random on the planet every two months for work and live out of a hotel room sounds terrible frankly. The company would have to spend lavishly and find exotic / fun locations I think otherwise I'd resent it and quit.

Ultimately the ideal is not a one size fits all solution but different companies developing different cultures remote/hybrid/in person strategies and employees having options. Seems like the big tech companies are all just kind of copying each other and no one is trying to really differentiate themselves here.

Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by screye on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:03PM (#28833609)
> Being forced to travel somewhere random on the planet every two months for work and live out of a hotel room sounds terrible frankly. The company would have to spend lavishly and find exotic / fun locations I think otherwise I'd resent it and quit.

There is always someone huh. Such an arrangement literally sounds like the dream remote arrangement to me. It never even crossed my mind that there would be people who would say no to a fully paid pseudo-vacation every couple of months.

I am completely unable to empathize.

Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by ZFtdGGXwyWIpKKv on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:10PM (#28833671)
You're completely unable to empathize with those of us who have families and other commitments outside of work. Being forced to travel for work to some faraway "exotic" destination is literally the worst thing ever for someone who has kids or an ailing relative or even a garden to tend to. Mandatory offsites are extremely painful for those who have strong ties to home.

At my company offsites aren't mandatory: those who want to go, can go; but those who for some reason don't want to or can't are not looked down upon as "non-team players" or "antisocial". People are all different, and it's about time you recognized that.

Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by alchemism on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:52PM (#28834019)
People with responsibilities in a fixed location probably should not take traveling salesperson positions, generally speaking.
Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by kwakja on Monday October 11, 2021 @07:51PM (#28834402)
Completely agree, but this seems to be a common theme in the whole comment section - everyone is painting everything in black and white with personal preferences despite acknowledging that personal differences exist.

If one can't empathize, I'd hope one would at least be able to sympathize with another's objectively different situation.

Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by ZFtdGGXwyWIpKKv on Monday October 11, 2021 @08:24PM (#28834615)
Plenty of software engineers are being made to go on mandatory "retreats" regardless of whether they like it or not.
Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by zz865 on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:14PM (#28833701)
> I am completely unable to empathize.

If you're travelling away who will look after you kids? Pets? Parents? Believe it or not most people have responsibilities.

Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by maximus-decimus on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:10AM (#28836310)
You are unable to empathize with not wanting to be forced to leave the comfort of your home/country and suffer jet lag to attend some stupid arbitrary meeting in a place you didn't even choose? And that's without even talking about how hard it already is to get into good habits like going to the gym, or attending your sport practice. Interrupting your routine every 8 weeks seems like a great way to fail at keeping a routine.
Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by mdekkers on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @12:06AM (#28835933)
> The company would have to spend lavishly and find exotic / fun locations.

Which they can afford because they are not spending on office space.