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Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by dboreham on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:01PM (#28833035)
I can't think of a single job I've had where the lighting, desk and chair were remotely as good as I have at home.
Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by ketzo on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:34PM (#28833373)
That’s fair, but I think you have to acknowledge that the total opposite will be true for many, probably most, people.

There’s a reason that “stop working at the kitchen counter” is, like, its own cottage industry of online writing. People mostly have really bad wfh setups, even people in tech.

Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by mikro2nd on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @07:12AM (#28838335)
Not sure... It seems likely to me that people who've been forced to work from home during the Covid pandemic tend to have crap office-space because it's only temporary. In contrast, people who have made a conscious decision/choice to work from home (as I've done for over 25 years, now) proceed by setting up a proper work space. (Along with developing good work-hygiene like keeping office hours sharply separate from personal time, keeping work in the office and not letting it spill over into the lounge, kitchen, etc.)

Main point: there's a marked (mental, emotional) difference between "this is a temporary emergency" and "this is the way I work (forever)".

Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by faangthrowawa on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:57PM (#28834056)
I used to flat share in London with some other people in tech. Pandemic WFH setup was the taking turns on the one couch (and floor) for a long time.