Is going to the office a broken way of working?

Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by ipaddr on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:43PM (#28833463)

People don't want to get covid. Getting close to large groups or new groups feels unsafe. Going out unnecessary feels socially unacceptable.

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Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by snek_case on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:04PM (#28833618)

Personally, I'm vaccinated and I feel pretty safe. I'd like to resume a more normal way of life. It's just that there's nothing happening. There's no office, no happy hour or hanging out after work. Very few dinner or coffee invitations. No meetups. No going out dancing. Just way less events in general.

> Going out unnecessary feels socially unacceptable.

Human beings are social creatures and it's normal that we have a need to see people and connect. The directive to self-isolate has been very detrimental for a lot of people's mental health. I'm privileged enough to have access to a therapist, but I feel like I'm kind of on the edge of depression, very apathetic about life.

I don't want to make this a political discussion, it's hard to balance self-sacrifice vs the greater good, but we've all sacrificed a lot considering this disease has killed about 6.2 people per ten thousand over the last 18 months, whereas about 200 people per ten thousand would have died otherwise. Are we going to keep this up for several more years? What's the impact on our society going to be?

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Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by orangecat on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:02PM (#28833601)

Going out unnecessary feels socially unacceptable.

This is silly if you're vaccinated and not in an unusually high risk group.

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Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by dan-robertson on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:13PM (#28833690)

I think it’s not a question of what is rational but of how one feels and how one’s social circle feels.

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Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by orangecat on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:35PM (#28833858)

Very true. We're at a bizarre point where for large segments of the population, the actual and self-perceived risks are exactly reversed.

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Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by halfmatthalfcat on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:14PM (#28833706)

What’s the point of society if not to stress test it? Humanity won’t be able to rest on its laurels forever. If it’s not some local natural predator trying to kill us (animal, virus, etc), it’ll be some extraterrestrial species next. We need to go through periods like this to adapt and become stronger. God forbid humans go through a couple years of reduced contact. If we can’t do and society is really that fragile, that we deserve to get wiped out.

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Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by bserge on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @02:25AM (#28836677)

It's been kind of a joke of a test. But even then, we've seen a whole lot of people act like total imbeciles.

Yeah, we're total fucked if a real problem hits us.

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Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by cableshaft on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @08:58AM (#28839076)

Climate Change cracks its knuckles and leers off in the distance, like Thanos on his throne, while the Avengers are all too busy bickering about less important things to do anything to stop him

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